charades
(noun) guessing game in which one player pantomimes a word or phrase for others to guess
Source: WordNet® 3.1
charades
plural of charade
charades (uncountable)
A game in which each player acts out a word or phrase, usually based on puns of each syllable and without speaking, for the others to guess.
• (game): acting charades, dumb charades (obsolete)
• hard case, hardcase
Source: Wiktionary
Cha*rade", n. Etym: [F. charade, cf. Pr. charrada long chat, It ciarlare to chat, whence E. charlatan.]
Definition: A verbal or acted enigma based upon a word which has two or more significant syllables or parts, each of which, as well as the word itself, is to be guessed from the descriptions or representations.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
1 June 2025
(verb) come back to the originator of an action with an undesired effect; “Your comments may backfire and cause you a lot of trouble”; “the political movie backlashed on the Democrats”
The Boston Tea Party helped popularize coffee in America. The hefty tea tax imposed on the colonies in 1773 resulted in America switching from tea to coffee. In the lead up to the Revolutionary War, it became patriotic to sip java instead of tea. The Civil War made the drink more pervasive. Coffee helped energize tired troops, and drinking it became an expression of freedom.
