hangman

/'hæɳmən/
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Definition

Noun: 1. An executioner whose method is hanging: A person, historically an official, whose job is to carry out executions by hanging condemned criminals. 2. A paper-and-pencil guessing game: A word game for two or more players where one player thinks of a word and the other(s) try to guess it by suggesting letters, with each incorrect guess resulting in the drawing of a part of a stick figure being hanged.

Examples

  • Noun (Executioner):

    • The hangman placed the noose around the prisoner's neck.
    • In historical accounts, the hangman was often a feared and solitary figure.

  • Noun (Game):

    • We played hangman to pass the time during the long car ride.
    • Can you guess the word in hangman before the drawing is complete?
Advanced Usage
  • "To play hangman": The standard phrase for engaging in the word game.
    • The children decided to play hangman while waiting for class to start.
Variants and Related Words
  • Hanging (n): The act or instance of executing someone by suspending them by the neck.
    • The hanging was scheduled for dawn.
  • Executioner (n): A more general term for a person who carries out a death sentence.
Synonyms
  • Executioner (for the first meaning).
  • Word game (for the second meaning, though this is a broader category).
Related Idioms
  • While not a direct idiom, the phrase "the hangman's noose" is a common collocation referring to the rope used for hanging.
    • He was sentenced to face the hangman's noose.
Noun
  1. an executioner who hangs the condemned person

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