"electric chair" meaning in English

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Noun

Forms: electric chairs [plural]
Head templates: {{en-noun}} electric chair (plural electric chairs)
  1. A chair-like device used for performing execution by electrocution. Categories (topical): Capital punishment, Death, Electricity Translations (device used for performing execution by electrocution): كُرْسِيّ كَهْرَبَائِيّ (kursiyy kahrabāʔiyy) [masculine] (Arabic), siella llétrica [feminine] (Asturian), elektrik stulu (Azerbaijani), kador-dredan [feminine] (Breton), cadira elèctrica [feminine] (Catalan), 電椅 (Chinese Mandarin), 电椅 (diànyǐ) (Chinese Mandarin), 電刑 (Chinese Mandarin), 电刑 (diànxíng) [specifically] (Chinese Mandarin), elektrické křeslo [neuter] (Czech), elektrische stoel [masculine] (Dutch), elektritool (Estonian), sähkötuoli (Finnish), chaise électrique [feminine] (French), cadeira eléctrica [feminine] (Galician), ელექტროსკამი (elekṭrosḳami) (Georgian), elektrischer Stuhl [masculine] (German), ηλεκτρική καρέκλα (ilektrikí karékla) [feminine] (Greek), villamosszék (Hungarian), rafmagnsstóll [masculine] (Icelandic), sedia elettrica [feminine] (Italian), 電気椅子 (denki isu) (alt: でんきいす) (Japanese), 전기의자 (jeon'giuija) (Korean), електрична столица (električna stolica) [feminine] (Macedonian), цахилгаан сандал (caxilgaan sandal) (Mongolian), krzesło elektryczne [neuter] (Polish), cadeira elétrica [feminine] (Portuguese), ਬਿਜਲਈ ਕੁਰਸੀ (bijlaī kursī) (Punjabi), scaun electric [neuter] (Romanian), электри́ческий стул (elektríčeskij stul) [masculine] (Russian), silla eléctrica [feminine] (Spanish), elektriska stolen [common-gender] (Swedish), silya elektrika (Tagalog), elektrikli sandalye (Turkish)
    Sense id: en-electric_chair-en-noun-en:execution Disambiguation of Capital punishment: 65 20 15 Disambiguation of Death: 59 32 9 Disambiguation of Electricity: 66 6 29 Disambiguation of 'device used for performing execution by electrocution': 93 2 5
  2. (informal) An electrically powered wheelchair. Tags: informal Categories (topical): Chairs Related terms: Old Sparky Translations (electrically powered wheelchair): 電動輪椅 (Chinese Mandarin), 电动轮椅 (diàndòng lúnyǐ) (Chinese Mandarin), elektriratastool (Estonian), sähköpyörätuoli (Finnish), ηλεκτρική αναπηρική πολυθρόνα (ilektrikí anapirikí polythróna) [feminine] (Greek), cadeira de rodas elétrica [feminine] (Portuguese)
    Sense id: en-electric_chair-en-noun-IzfUomti Disambiguation of Chairs: 17 58 25 Disambiguation of 'electrically powered wheelchair': 1 97 2
  3. (wrestling) A transitional hold in which an attacking wrestler hoists an opponent up onto his/her shoulders so that they are both facing in the same direction. Categories (topical): Wrestling
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          "text": "The electric chair has always been linked to Sing Sing.",
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          "text": "The current path in an electric chair is from a scalp electrode to a calf electrode. The current is therefore passing the brain and the brain stem, the lung and the heart. It is believed that the person becomes unconscious immediately after current onset, but it is well known that death is not immediate. The electric chair was used for the first time in 1890, and the first jolt was with 1400 V 60 Hz applied for 17 seconds, which proved insufficient.",
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          "text": "The electric chair has always been linked to Sing Sing.",
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          "text": "The Death House was Trenton State Prison's official name for the brick and concrete vault where condemned men lived in tiny cells and an electric chair stood hard against a nearby wall.",
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          "text": "While I was \"driving\" in my electric chair to the only liquor store in town, the owner of the store would always smile when he saw me and say, \"I don't know if I should sell to you. I don't want to be responsible for you drinking and driving.\"",
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      "word": "電椅"
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      "sense": "device used for performing execution by electrocution",
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      "word": "villamosszék"
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      "word": "sedia elettrica"
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      "sense": "device used for performing execution by electrocution",
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      "sense": "device used for performing execution by electrocution",
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      "word": "krzesło elektryczne"
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      "sense": "device used for performing execution by electrocution",
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      "word": "cadeira elétrica"
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      "code": "pa",
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      "roman": "bijlaī kursī",
      "sense": "device used for performing execution by electrocution",
      "word": "ਬਿਜਲਈ ਕੁਰਸੀ"
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      "code": "ro",
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      "sense": "device used for performing execution by electrocution",
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      "word": "scaun electric"
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      "roman": "elektríčeskij stul",
      "sense": "device used for performing execution by electrocution",
      "tags": [
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      "word": "электри́ческий стул"
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      "sense": "device used for performing execution by electrocution",
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      "word": "silla eléctrica"
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      "code": "sv",
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      "sense": "device used for performing execution by electrocution",
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      "word": "elektriska stolen"
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      "sense": "device used for performing execution by electrocution",
      "word": "silya elektrika"
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      "sense": "device used for performing execution by electrocution",
      "word": "elektrikli sandalye"
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      "code": "cmn",
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      "sense": "electrically powered wheelchair",
      "word": "電動輪椅"
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      "roman": "diàndòng lúnyǐ",
      "sense": "electrically powered wheelchair",
      "word": "电动轮椅"
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      "word": "sähköpyörätuoli"
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      "code": "el",
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      "roman": "ilektrikí anapirikí polythróna",
      "sense": "electrically powered wheelchair",
      "tags": [
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      "word": "ηλεκτρική αναπηρική πολυθρόνα"
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      "sense": "electrically powered wheelchair",
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      "word": "cadeira de rodas elétrica"
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    "electric chair"
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  "word": "electric chair"
}

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