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dumb crambo

dumb crambo noun: a guessing game, similar to charades, in which players act out, or silently pantomime, words that rhyme with a clue word. The objective is to guess a concealed word that rhymes with the clue.

Noun

dumb crambo (uncountable)

  1. A guessing game, similar to charades, in which players act out, or silently pantomime, words that rhyme with a clue word. The objective is to guess a concealed word that rhymes with the clue.
    • In early Victoria there were family evening parties to which the father, mother and all sizes of growing children went together and at which they played charades, dumb crambo, guessing games and forfeits.1942, Emily Carr, “Visiting Matrons”, in The Book of Small, Toronto, Ont.: Oxford University Press, →OCLC

Questions about dumb crambo

What does dumb crambo mean?
Dumb crambo means a guessing game, similar to charades, in which players act out, or silently pantomime, words that rhyme with a clue word. The objective is to guess a concealed word that rhymes with the clue.
What part of speech is dumb crambo?
Dumb crambo is a noun.

Words near dumb crambo in the dictionary

  1. dumb chill
  2. dumb chum
  3. dumb chums
  4. dumb cluck
  5. dumb clucks
  6. dumb crambo
  7. dumb Dora
  8. dumb Doras
  9. dumb down
  10. dumb dumb
  11. dumb dumbs

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