whodunnitnoun [ C ]
informal US whodunit uk/ˌhuːˈdʌn.ɪt/us/ˌhuːˈdʌn.ɪt/a story about a crime and the attempt to discover who committed it:
It's one of those whodunnits where you don't find out who the murderer is till the very end.
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Types of film, play, book etc.
- adaptation
- anime
- blockbuster
- cyberpunk
- epic
- epigram
- epistle
- film noir
- hagiography
- hokum
- indie
- lampoon
- mystery
- pap
- pastiche
- pastoral
- prose
- saga
- satire
- the big screen 1
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