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 complain or argue in a trivial or petty manner.
To contest, especially some trivial issue in a petty manner.
An objection or argument based on an ambiguity of wording or similar trivial circumstance; a minor complaint.