To act out a charade (of); to gesture; to pretend.
A deception or pretense, originally an absurdly obvious one but now in general use.
A single round of the game charades, an acted form of the earlier riddles.
To do or say something for amusement rather than seriously.
To dupe in a friendly manner for amusement; to mess with, play with.
An amusing story.
The root cause or main issue, especially an unexpected one
A laughably worthless thing or person; a sham.
Something that is far easier or far less challenging than expected.
Something said or done for amusement, not in seriousness.