hangman

/HH AE1 NG M AH0 N/
noun
  1. 1

    An executioner responsible for hanging criminals.

  2. 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.

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