NOUN | act | 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 |
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act | musical chairs | a rearrangement that has no practical effect or significance |
Meaning | 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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Synonym | going to Jerusalem | |
Broader | child's game | A game / game enjoyed / enjoyed by children |
Spanish | juego de las sillas, sillita musical | |
Catalan | joc de les cadires |
Meaning | A rearrangement that has no practical effect or significance. | |
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Broader | rearrangement | changing an arrangement |
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