musical chairs
noun
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Sense 1 noun
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
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- child's game hypernym
Sense 2 noun
a rearrangement that has no practical effect or significance
the company is looking for stability after years of musical chairs with directors
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- rearrangement hypernym
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| 1 | hypernym | Types & categories | child's game |
| 2 | hypernym | Types & categories | rearrangement |