2. / Dictionary
  3. / Index H

hangman: Meaning and Definition of

hang•man

Pronunciation: (hang'mun for 1 hang'man&sec for 2), [key]
— pl. -men.
  1. a person who hangs criminals who are condemned to death; public executioner.
  2. 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 hanged man is drawn.
Random House Unabridged Dictionary, Copyright © 1997, by Random House, Inc., on Infoplease.
See also:
hanging wall hangman's knot
sandbbox logo
©2022 Sandbox Networks Inc. All rights reserved. Sandbox Learning is part of Sandbox & Co., a digital learning company.