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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 movieplay

  Familiarity information: WHODUNIT used as a noun is very rare.


 Dictionary entry details 


WHODUNIT (noun)


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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