noun
1. 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
• Syn: ↑going to Jerusalem
• Hypernyms: ↑child's game
2. a rearrangement that has no practical effect or significance
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the company is looking for stability after years of musical chairs with directors
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shareholders don't want the company playing musical chairs with their investment
• Hypernyms: ↑rearrangement
Useful english dictionary. 2012.