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hangman noun

  • (countable) An executioner responsible for hanging criminals.
 ве́шатель, пала́ч
  • (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.
 ви́селица
hangman's noose
ви́сельная пе́тля́, ви́сельный у́зел, пе́тля́ Ли́нча, у́зел Ли́нча, уда́вка
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