Used in a Sentence

hangman

Definitions, parts of speech, synonyms, and sentence examples for hangman.

Editorial note

The context of who Speer was -- despite escaping the hangman at Nuremberg -- should absolutely be kept in mind.

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Definitions3
Parts of speech1

Quick take

Someone responsible for hanging pictures and other artworks in a gallery, museum etc.

Meaning at a glance

The clearest senses and uses of hangman gathered in one view.

noun

Someone responsible for hanging pictures and other artworks in a gallery, museum etc.

noun

(countable) An executioner responsible for hanging criminals.

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.

Definitions

Core meanings and parts of speech for hangman.

noun

Someone responsible for hanging pictures and other artworks in a gallery, museum etc.

noun

(countable) An executioner responsible for hanging criminals.

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.

Example sentences

1

The context of who Speer was -- despite escaping the hangman at Nuremberg -- should absolutely be kept in mind.

2

So most magazines had to repurpose Hangman and Hunt the Wumpus every third article.

3

Building something like hangman in Racket would be straightforward for father son time.

4

One could just as simply walk through other games (checkers, tick-tack-toe, hangman, etc.).

5

I remembered that I could just write my own, so I wrote a simple Hangman game.

6

When I was in elementary school, I inputted an expletive into the school's hangman game - I thought it was amusing.

7

At a start up I applied to last time I was seriously looking, they asked me to implement a program to play hangman.

8

It's very easy to go from zero coding experience at all to making a simple hangman type game, and from there introduce OO concepts and so on.

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* Hangman game * Make app that takes input from camera and uploads to imgur.com.

10

> Although, Hangman is not much fun when you're the one who wrote it an you know what the words could possibly be.

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I remember I used to play hangman by texting letters to a phone number and it would reply with how much of the word I had figured out.

12

:) How can hangman with decision theory apply to software development?

Quote examples

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The phrase "just right for a hangman's noose" comes to mine.

2

This has been sort of an obsession of mine lately using the game of hangman and decision theory to "prove" why this works and how it applies to software development.

3

His end may be gruesome, but if he's viewed as a decent fellow who made a mistake then the hangman may give him a "drop" that actually breaks his neck or the crowd may gather around to pull his body down and thus speed his death.

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I suggest writing your own implementation of a few very simple games (Hangman, Yahtzee, Boggle,...) as "lesson prep," this way you're familiar with the strategy and can identify stumbling blocks, needed libraries, etc.

Proper noun examples

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How about the classic games of Hangman, Word Search, Concentration, Match, 4 Pictures 1 Word, and Word Scramble?

Frequently asked questions

Short answers drawn from the clearest meanings and examples for this word.

How do you use hangman in a sentence?

The context of who Speer was -- despite escaping the hangman at Nuremberg -- should absolutely be kept in mind.

What does hangman mean?

Someone responsible for hanging pictures and other artworks in a gallery, museum etc.

What part of speech is hangman?

hangman is commonly used as noun.