hangman

Từ điển Oxford Advanced Learner 8th

hang·man [hangman hangmen] BrE [ˈhæŋmən] NAmE [ˈhæŋmən] noun (pl. hang·menBrE [ˈhæŋmən] ; NAmE [ˈhæŋmən] )
1. countable a man whose job is to hang criminals
2. uncountable a game in which one player chooses a word and the other players try to guess it, letter by letter. Each time they guess wrongly, the first person draws one part of a man being hanged. The other players have to guess the word before the drawing is complete.