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Substantiivi

1. (literature, archaic) A genre of riddles where the clues to the answer are descriptions or puns on its syllables, with a final clue to the whole.
2. (uncommon) A single round of the game charades, an acted form of the earlier riddles.
3. (obsolete) A play resembling the game charades, particularly due to poor acting.
4. A deception or pretense, originally an absurdly obvious one but now in general use.
5. (crosswording) A form of wordplay where several words are placed together to form a new word or part thereof.

Verbi

1. To act out a charade (of); to gesture; to pretend.