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Defenition of the word musical chairs

    • Defenition of the word musical chairs

      • N players march around N-1 chairs; when the music stops the player who did not find a chair is eliminated
      • a rearrangement that has no practical effect or significance; "the company is looking for stability after years of musical chairs with directors"; "shareholders don''t want the company playing musical chairs with their investment"
      • a child''s game in which N players march to music around N-1 chairs; when the music abruptly stops the players scramble to sit and the player who does not find a chair is eliminated; then a chair is removed and the march resumes until only the winner is s
      • a rearrangement that has no practical effect or significance
      • a child's game in which players march to music around a group of chairs that contains one chair less than the number of players; when the music abruptly stops the players scramble to sit and the player who does not find a chair is eliminated; then a chair is removed and the march resumes until only the winner is seated

    Hypernyms for the word musical chairs

      • child's game
      • rearrangement

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