hot seat

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Transcription

- US Pronunciation
- US IPA
- [hot seet]
- /hɒt sit/

- US Pronunciation
- US IPA
- [hot seet]
- /hɒt sit/

Definitions of hot seat words

noun hot seat electric chair. 1
noun hot seat a highly uncomfortable or embarrassing situation: I'm in the hot seat because of the contract I lost. 1
noun hot seat a precarious, difficult, or dangerous position 0
noun hot seat electric chair 0
noun hot seat any difficult position subjecting a person to harassment, criticism, or stress 0

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Origin of hot seat

First appearance:

before 1915

One of the 14% newest English words

First recorded in 1915-20

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Parts of speech for Hot seat

noun

adjective

verb

adverb

pronoun

preposition

conjunction

determiner

exclamation

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hot seat popularity

A pretty common term. Usually people know it’s meaning, but prefer to use a more spread out synonym. About 44% of English native speakers know the meaning and use word.

According to our data about 55% of words is more used. This is a rare but used term. It occurs in the pages of specialized literature and in the speech of educated people.

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Synonyms for hot seat

noun hot seat

powder keg — a small, metal, barrellike container for gunpowder or blasting powder.
spot — a rounded mark or stain made by foreign matter, as mud, blood, paint, ink, etc.; a blot or speck.
sticky wicket — Cricket. the area of ground around a wicket when it is tacky because of recent rain and therefore does not allow the ball to bounce well.

All 3 Synonyms of hot seat