hot seat

noun

1
slang : electric chair
2
: a position of uneasiness, embarrassment, or anxiety

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There, her features flashed with high-beam brilliance, whether sitting in the solo hot seat or interlacing with Garcia in a duet. Hannah Edgar, Chicago Tribune, 1 Sep. 2025 DeBoer was already popping up as a potential hot seat candidate before the loss. Evan Massey, MSNBC Newsweek, 1 Sep. 2025 The transfer portal is a perfect system for proven veteran QBs with how important nailing that position is for the number of coaches heading into the fall camp on some level of hot seat. Erik Buchinger, Forbes.com, 25 July 2025 Disruptors: Execs from The Leopard producer Indiana were in the Disruptors hot seat this week. Max Goldbart, Deadline, 27 June 2025 See All Example Sentences for hot seat

Word History

First Known Use

1925, in the meaning defined at sense 1

Time Traveler
The first known use of hot seat was in 1925

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“Hot seat.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/hot%20seat. Accessed 11 Sep. 2025.

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