hangman
/ˈhæŋmən/noun
(pl. -men /ˈ-mən/)
1- an executioner who hangs condemned people（执行绞刑的）刽子手。
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- mass noun a game for two in which one player tries to guess the letters of a word, and failed attempts are recorded by drawing a gallows and someone hanging on it, line by line“绞架”猜字游戏（一种两人玩的猜字母游戏, 游戏者猜单词的字母, 每错一次就在纸上画一个吊着人的绞架, 一排排依次画下去）。