- 1 a children’s game in which players run round a row of chairs while music is playing. Each time the music stops, players try to sit down on one of the chairs, but there are always more players than chairs. See related entries: Children's games
- 2(often disapproving) a situation in which people frequently exchange jobs or positions
musical chairs
nounBrE BrE//ˌmjuːzɪkl ˈtʃeəz//; NAmE NAmE//ˌmjuːzɪkl ˈtʃerz//
[uncountable] Children's gamesCheck pronunciation: musical chairs
