Phrase guide
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Sound
Each Play button uses your device's default local English voice, or a natural local fallback. The selected voice name appears after playback. This is synthesized speech, not a source recording.
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noun
Any game the object of which is for a player or players to guess a word, etc, for which the other player or players provide clues.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Topics: games
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noun
A situation in which there is insufficient information, requiring participants to rely on conjecture.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: broadly
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noun
a game in which participants compete to identify some obscurely indicated thing
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
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Broader terms: game
Narrower terms: charades
History
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Across languages
6 source translations are retained for this English entry.
