musical chairs | 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 |
musical chairs going to Jerusalem | 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 |
professorship chair | the position of professor, he was awarded an endowed chair in economics |
barber chair | a large fixed adjustable chair in which barbers seat their customers |
bath chair | a wheelchair usually pushed by an attendant, as at a spa |
boatswain's chair bosun's chair | a seat consisting of a board and a rope, used while working aloft or over the side of a ship |
camp chair | a light folding chair |
captain's chair | a wooden armchair with a saddle seat and a low back that has vertical spindles |
chair | a seat for one person, with a support for the back, he put his coat over the back of the chair and sat down |
chair | a particular seat in an orchestra, he is second chair violin |
chair of state | a ceremonial chair for an exalted or powerful person |
chairlift chair lift | a ski lift on which riders (skiers or sightseers) are seated and carried up or down a mountainside, seats are hung from an endless overhead cable |
deck chair beach chair | a folding chair for use outdoors, a wooden frame supports a length of canvas |
Eames chair | a chair designed by Charles Eames, originally made of molded plywood, seat and back shaped to fit the human body |
easy chair lounge chair overstuffed chair | a comfortable upholstered armchair |
electric chair chair death chair hot seat | an instrument of execution by electrocution, resembles an ordinary seat for one person, the murderer was sentenced to die in the chair |
fighting chair | a fixed chair from which a saltwater angler can fight a hooked fish |
folding chair | a chair that can be folded flat for storage |
highchair feeding chair | a chair for feeding a very young child, has four long legs and a footrest and a detachable tray |
hobby hobbyhorse rocking horse | a child's plaything consisting of an imitation horse mounted on rockers, the child straddles it and pretends to ride |
ladder-back ladder-back chair | a chair with a ladder-back |
lawn chair garden chair | chair left outside for use on a lawn or in a garden |
Morris chair | an armchair with an adjustable back |
parlor car parlour car drawingoom car palace car chair car | a passenger car for day travel, you pay extra fare for individual chairs |
potty seat potty chair | toilet consisting of a small seat used by young children |
recliner reclining chair lounger | an armchair whose back can be lowered and foot can be raised to allow the sitter to recline in it |
rocking chair rocker | a chair mounted on rockers |
sedan sedan chair | a closed litter for one passenger |
straight chair side chair | a straight-backed chair without arms |
swivel chair | a chair that swivels on its base |
tablet-armed chair | a chair with an arm that has been widened for writing |
Windsor chair | straight chair having a shaped seat and a back of many spindles |
wing chair | easy chair having wings on each side of a high back |
yacht chair | a light folding armchair for outdoor use |
rockers bikers | originally a British youth subculture that evolved out of the teddy boys in the s, wore black leather jackets and jeans and boots, had greased hair and rode motorcycles and listened to rock'n'roll, were largely unskilled manual laborers |
president chairman chairwoman chair chairperson | the officer who presides at the meetings of an organization, address your remarks to the chairperson |
moderate chair lead | preside over, John moderated the discussion |
chair chairman | act or preside as chair, as of an academic department in a university, She chaired the department for many years |