Definition, Meaning & Synonyms

hangman

noun

/ˈhæŋ.mən/

Definition

A game in which players guess a word by suggesting letters, with a drawing of a gallows progressively completed for incorrect guesses.

Examples

We played hangman during our road trip to pass the time.
The teacher used hangman to help us learn new vocabulary words.
He was able to guess the word before the hangman was fully drawn.

Meaning

Hangman is primarily known as a guessing game where one player thinks of a word, and the other players try to guess it one letter at a time. Each wrong guess results in a part of a stick figure being drawn until the entire figure is complete, leading to the loss of the game.