hot seat

noun

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

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General manager Chris Grier also should consider himself on the proverbial hot seat entering his 10th season as GM with three playoff appearances and zero postseason wins. Greg Cote, Miami Herald, 26 Feb. 2025 Lil Durk is already on the legal hot seat, currently sitting behind bars on charges of conspiracy to commit murder-for-hire. Armon Sadler, VIBE.com, 26 Feb. 2025 Edison is back in a familiar hot seat Southern California Edison is under familiar scrutiny as investigators work to determine whether the utility’s equipment sparked the deadly Eaton fire earlier this month. Ryan Fonseca, Los Angeles Times, 30 Jan. 2025 Florida finishing at No. 32 after the Billy Napier hot seat talk was quite a turnaround, closing with four consecutive wins, including against LSU, Ole Miss and a (very depleted) Tulane. Chris Vannini, The Athletic, 22 Jan. 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 6 Mar. 2025.

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