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whodunnit

/huːˈdʌnɪt/

/huˈdʌnɪt/

Translations

whodunnitnoun

whodunnits

/huːˈdʌnɪt/

/huˈdʌnɪt/

I love reading a good whodunnit on a rainy day.

Я люблю читать хороший детектив в дождливый день.

Additional translations

криминальная загадка

Synonyms

detective story

crime novel

whodunnitadjective

/ˌhuːˈdʌn.ɪt/

/ˌhuˈdʌn.ɪt/

Used attributively before a noun to describe works or situations characteristic of a detective mystery.

whodunnitnoun

A detective story, film, or play that revolves around discovering who committed a crime, with the culprit's identity revealed only at the end.

Agatha Christie's "Murder on the Orient Express" is a classic whodunnit.

Informal. Any real-life situation or investigation whose chief aim is to find out who is responsible for something.

The mysterious data breach became a corporate whodunnit.

whodunnitadjective

Relating to or characteristic of a mystery in which the identity of the culprit is revealed at the end.

She is best known for her whodunnit novels.