hangman's jig

The struggling motions of a person being executed by hanging.

Japanese Meaning

絞首刑で処刑される際に見られる、苦しみと無意識の衝動的な身振り

From the gallery, we watched in uneasy silence as the condemned man's hangman's jig ended.

見物席から、私たちは不安な沈黙の中で、死刑囚の絞首刑での激しいもがきが終わるのを見届けた。

Sense（1）

The struggling motions of a person being executed by hanging.

hangman's jigs

（ plural ）