pendu — meaning in English

English meaning

• hangman noun A person whose job is to execute people by hanging.
• hung adjective Suspended or attached from above.

Senses

pendu is used for these senses in English:

• hangman (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.
• hung Suspended by hanging.

hangman — full definition

1. noun A person whose job is to execute people by hanging.
2. noun A word-guessing game where wrong guesses draw part of a hanging stick figure.

hung — full definition

1. adjective Suspended or attached from above.
2. adjective Describes a jury or legislature that cannot reach a decisive majority.
3. adjective (of a computer) Frozen and not responding.

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