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- [hang-muh n for 1; hang-man for 2]
- /ˈhæŋ mən for 1; ˈhæŋˌmæn for 2 /
- /ˈhæŋ.mən/
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- US Pronunciation
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- [hang-muh n for 1; hang-man for 2]
- /ˈhæŋ mən for 1; ˈhæŋˌmæn for 2 /
Definitions of hangman word
- noun plural hangman a person who hangs criminals who are condemned to death; public executioner. 1
- noun plural hangman a word game in which one player selects a word that the other player must guess by supplying each of its letters: for each incorrect guess a part of a stick figure of a man who has been hanged is drawn. 1
- noun hangman An executioner who hangs condemned people. 1
- noun hangman executioner 1
- noun hangman word-guessing game 1
- countable noun hangman A hangman is a man whose job is to execute people by hanging them. 0
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Origin of hangman
First appearance:
before 1350 One of the 20% oldest English words
Middle English word dating back to 1350-1400; See origin at hang, man1
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Parts of speech for Hangman
noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation
hangman popularity
A common word. It’s meaning is known to most children of preschool age. About 82% of English native speakers know the meaning and use the word.
Most Europeans know this English word. The frequency of it’s usage is somewhere between "mom" and "screwdriver".
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This diagram is provided by Google Ngram ViewerSynonyms for hangman
noun hangman
- lyncher — to put to death, especially by hanging, by mob action and without legal authority.
- garroter — a method of capital punishment of Spanish origin in which an iron collar is tightened around a condemned person's neck until death occurs by strangulation or by injury to the spinal column at the base of the brain.
- executioner — An official who carries out a sentence of death on a legally condemned person.
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