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hangman

noun

Meaning

  1. An executioner responsible for hanging criminals.
  2. (games) A guessing game where one has to guess the word an opponent is thinking of by guessing one letter at a time, and involving the gradual drawing of a stick figure hanging from the gallows.

Etymology / origin

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Sources

  1. DictionaryAPI.dev English dictionary data
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