hangman
/ˈhæŋmən/noun
उच्चारण हैङ्मन
जल्लाद, फाँसी देने वाला
Core word
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[C]
a man whose job is to kill criminals by hanging them
जल्लाद, फाँसी देने वाला
- The hangman arrived at the jail the night before the execution.
- Very few prisons now employ a hangman.
- The hangman is a character in the old novel.
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- In the past, the hangman wore a mask to hide his face.
- The story is told from the point of view of a hangman.
Synonyms executioner
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[U]
a game for two people in which one tries to guess a word by suggesting letters, and a wrong guess adds a line to a drawing of a person being hanged
हैंगमैन (शब्द-अनुमान का खेल)
- The children played hangman during the long journey.
- Let us play hangman with this week's vocabulary list.
- Our teacher uses hangman to practise spelling.
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- I guessed the word in hangman after four wrong letters.
- Do you want to play a game of hangman?
§Structures (grammar patterns) 4
hangman (countable noun, person)
A hangman is a man whose job is to execute criminals by hanging. The plural is hangmen.
Hangman वह व्यक्ति है जिसका काम अपराधियों को फाँसी देना है। इसका plural hangmen है।
- The hangman checked the rope before dawn.
- In the past, each prison had its own hangman.
Hangman (game, uncountable)
Hangman is also a word-guessing game for two players. As the name of a game it takes no article.
Hangman दो खिलाड़ियों के लिए शब्द अनुमान लगाने का खेल भी है। खेल के नाम के रूप में इसके साथ article नहीं आता।
- The children played Hangman to learn spellings.
- We often play Hangman on the last day of school.
play Hangman / guess a word in Hangman
Use play with the name of the game. In the game one player guesses letters of a hidden word.
खेल के नाम के साथ play का प्रयोग होता है। खेल में एक खिलाड़ी छिपे शब्द के अक्षरों का अनुमान लगाता है।
- Let's play Hangman with vocabulary words.
hangman's noose / rope
Possessive forms such as hangman's noose or hangman's rope describe the tools of the job.
Hangman's noose या hangman's rope जैसे possessive रूप इस काम के औज़ारों का वर्णन करते हैं।
- The museum displays an old hangman's rope.
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adjective + hangman
publicofficialgrimmaskedstate
- The masked hangman appeared in the old film.
verb + hangman
hireappointmeetbecomepay
- The jail authorities had to appoint a hangman.
play + Hangman
playstartwinlosedraw
- She lost the game of Hangman because the word was too long.
hangman + noun
noosegameropeknotjob
- A hangman knot is used in the noose.
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- The hangman was paid a small fee for each execution.
हर फाँसी के लिए hangman को छोटी रकम दी जाती थी।
- We played Hangman during the English period to practise spellings.
हमने spellings का अभ्यास करने के लिए English की कक्षा में Hangman खेला।
- She guessed the word in Hangman after only three wrong letters.
उसने Hangman में केवल तीन गलत अक्षरों के बाद ही शब्द का अनुमान लगा लिया।
- The novel describes the loneliness of the village hangman.
उपन्यास गाँव के hangman के अकेलेपन का वर्णन करता है।
- The hangman had no choice; he only followed the court's order.
Hangman के पास कोई विकल्प नहीं था; वह केवल अदालत का आदेश मानता था।
- The history teacher described the work of a hangman in the days of the empire.
इतिहास के शिक्षक ने साम्राज्य के दिनों में hangman के काम का वर्णन किया।
- In the game of Hangman, the player who guesses the word first wins.
Hangman खेल में जो खिलाड़ी शब्द का पहले अनुमान लगा ले, वह जीतता है।
- The old hangman refused to talk about his work after he retired.
सेवानिवृत्त होने के बाद बूढ़े hangman ने अपने काम के बारे में बात करने से मना कर दिया।
!Common mistakes 1
✗ The hangmans were called to the prison.
✓ The hangmen were called to the prison.
The plural of hangman is hangmen.
Hangman का plural 'hangmen' है।
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≈Synonyms and antonyms
Synonyms
§Grammar and usage
When hang means to kill somebody with a rope, its past forms are hanged, hanged, so we say 'The murderer was hanged', not 'was hung'.
जब hang का अर्थ फाँसी देना हो, तो उसके past forms hanged, hanged होते हैं, इसलिए 'The murderer was hanged' सही है, 'was hung' नहीं।