hangman
English
noun
Definitions
- (countable) An executioner responsible for hanging criminals.
- (uncountable) 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.
Etymology
Suffix from English hang.
Origin
English
hang
Gloss
Timeline
Distribution of cognates by language
Geogrpahic distribution of cognates
Cognates and derived terms
- behang English
- forhang English
- hang English
- hang-by English
- hangability English
- hangable English
- hangbird English
- hangboard English
- hangdog English
- hangee English
- hanger English
- hangest English
- hangeth English
- hangle English
- hangmanship English
- hangnail English
- hangnest English
- hangout English
- hangover English
- hangtag English
- hangtime English
- hangwoman English
- hangworthy English
- overhang English
- rehang English
- straphang English
- underhang English
- underhangman English
- unhang English
- uphang English
- hanguear Spanish, Castilian
- hōn Old English
- hanger Cebuano