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musical chairs

 
Noun musical chairs has 2 senses
  1. musical chairs, going to Jerusalem - a child's game in which N players march to music around N-1 chairs; 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
    --1 is a kind of child's game
  2. musical chairs - a rearrangement that has no practical effect or significance; "the company is looking for stability after years of musical chairs with directors"; "shareholders don't want the company playing musical chairs with their investment"
    --2 is a kind of
    rearrangement
music with no lyrics music words, unison musical musical musical accompaniment musical and classical music musical arrangement musical box musical chairs musical comedy musical composition musical contrast musical drama musical genre musical group musical harmony musical instrument

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