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hot seat

noun

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

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The win streak has not only bolstered the feeling in the locker room, but even cooled down McDaniel’s hot seat in the eyes of many national pundits. Miami Herald, 20 Nov. 2025 Brian Daboll, who had been viewed as a potential hot seat candidate, was removed from his job as head coach. Evan Massey, MSNBC Newsweek, 11 Nov. 2025 Iger had, of course, famously given up the Disney hot seat and retired in December 2021, only to return eleven months later after the dismissal of his successor, Bob Chapek. Jesse Whittock, Deadline, 3 Nov. 2025 Continue reading … TITLE IX FIGHT – School district in hot seat amid new complaint in trans locker room fight. FOXNews.com, 30 Oct. 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 1 Dec. 2025.

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