Associations to the word «Hangman»

Wiktionary

HANGMAN, noun. (countable) An executioner responsible for hanging criminals.
HANGMAN, noun. (uncountable) (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.

Dictionary definition

HANGMAN, noun. An executioner who hangs the condemned person.

Wise words

Every once in a while, you let a word or phrase out and you want to catch it and bring it back. You can't do that. It's gone, gone forever.
Dan Quayle