hangman
/ˈhæŋˌmæn/
Word Rarity
Rare
Frequency: Zipf frequency 2.68 in modern English
13
Scrabble Score
7
Letters
2
Syllables
5
Unique Chars
Meaning
noun
Someone responsible for hanging pictures and other artworks in a gallery, museum etc.
Countable; Uncountable
noun
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.
Uncountable
Example Sentences
- "One cried, "God bless us!" and "Amen" the other, As they had seen me with these hangman's hands."
- "I also asked some Royal Academicians to view it, viz. Northcote, Cosway, &c. who approved of it much: it is well composed, and beautifully coloured; but the hangmen at the Exhibition have not hung it in a conspicuous situation; it is placed in an ante-room, and pretty high […]."