"A form of riddle in which clues are given about each syllable of a word so that the entire word may be guessed. Originally, these riddles were written, often in the form of a poem, but it soon gained popularity as a parlour game in which the clues were mimed rather than written in verse." <a href="#cwrc:7ff0c640-f273-46f5-be8d-e50aa27dce59">(Encyclopædia Britannica, 2017)</a>