ALL meanings of musical chairs
musical chairs
M m - noun musical chairs Also called going to Jerusalem. a game in which players march to music around two rows of chairs placed back to back, there being one chair less than the number of players, the object being to find a seat when the music stops abruptly. The player failing to do so is removed from the game, together with one chair, at each interval. 1
- noun musical chairs Informal. a situation or series of events in which jobs, decisions, prospects, etc., are changed with confusing rapidity. 1
- uncountable noun musical chairs Musical chairs is a game that children play at parties. They run round a row of chairs while music plays and try to sit down on one when the music stops. 0
- uncountable noun musical chairs If you describe the situation within a particular organization or area of activity as musical chairs, you are critical of the fact that people in that organization or area exchange jobs or positions very often. 0
- noun musical chairs a party game in which players walk around chairs while music is played, there being one fewer chair than players. Whenever the music stops, the player who fails to find a chair is eliminated 0
- noun musical chairs any situation involving a number of people in a series of interrelated changes 0
- noun musical chairs a game in which the players march to music around empty chairs (always one fewer than the number of players) and rush to sit down each time the music stops: the player with no seat is eliminated in each round 0