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

Words, words, words! They shut one off from the universe. Three quarters of the time one's never in contact with things, only with the beastly words that stand for them.
Aldous Huxley