What is the meaning of Charade?

A genre of riddles where the clues to the answer are descriptions or puns on its syllables, with a final clue to the whole.

A single round of the game charades, an acted form of the earlier riddles.

A play resembling the game charades, particularly due to poor acting.

A deception or pretense, originally an absurdly obvious one but now in general use.

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

charade (kind of riddle)

something bizarre or hard to understand

chat, conversation

Source: wiktionary.org