Noun: hot seat hót seet
- A difficult position where you are subjected to stress and criticism
"The CEO found himself in the hot seat during the company's financial crisis"
- An instrument of execution by electrocution; resembles an ordinary seat for one person
"The condemned prisoner faced the hot seat";
- electric chair, chair, death chair
Derived forms: hot seats
Type of: berth, instrument of execution, office, place, position, post, situation
Encyclopedia: Hot seat