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WHODUNIT
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Dictionary entry overview: What does whodunit mean?
• WHODUNIT (noun)
The noun WHODUNIT has 1 sense:
1. a story about a crime (usually murder) presented as a novel or play or movie
Familiarity information: WHODUNIT used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
A story about a crime (usually murder) presented as a novel or play or movie
Classified under:
Nouns denoting communicative processes and contents
Synonyms:
mystery; mystery story; whodunit
Hypernyms ("whodunit" is a kind of...):
story (a piece of fiction that narrates a chain of related events)
Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "whodunit"):
detective story (a narrative about someone who investigates crimes and obtains evidence leading to their resolution)
murder mystery (a narrative about a murder and how the murderer is discovered)
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