hot seat
Word Rarity
Uncommon
Frequency: 4.66 in modern English
10
Scrabble Score
7
Letters
1
Syllables
6
Unique Chars
Meaning
noun
The real or figurative seat occupied by a game show contestant at a stage where they are answering questions alone.
noun
Any stressful situation; a situation in which one is the center of attention or vulnerable to attack or criticism; a position of unease or embarrassment.
noun
A multiplayer game mode in which players take turns playing the game.
Example Sentences
- "Now just a minute. You turn up out of nowhere, a routine space shot goes wrong, a new planet appears and you tell us you know all about it. That puts you slap bang in the hot seat, right?"
- "Looks like you for the hot seat, kid. Come along, both of you."
- "With deep creases slanting across the jowls of his dark bony face from the corners of his wide full mouth, and his sunken dark eyes, he was certainly a prime subject for the artists who sketch candidates for the hot seat for the tabloids, and for three days they had been making the most of it."
- "In addition to traditional LAN play and online modes, there's […] a hot seat mode in which multiple players take their turns on the same computer […]."