"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: 43 33 25 Disambiguation of Death: 35 41 24 Disambiguation of Electricity: 67 4 28 Disambiguation of 'device used for performing execution by electrocution': 92 2 5
  2. (informal) An electrically powered wheelchair. Tags: informal Categories (topical): Chairs, Death 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 Death: 35 41 24 Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 6 44 50 Disambiguation of 'electrically powered wheelchair': 1 94 5
  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, Death
    Sense id: en-electric_chair-en-noun-FkzDlUMe Disambiguation of Death: 35 41 24 Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, Mobility aids Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 6 44 50 Disambiguation of Mobility aids: 28 8 64 Topics: government, hobbies, lifestyle, martial-arts, military, politics, sports, war, wrestling

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          "text": "She much preferred her manual wheelchair, so we got into the routine of using the manual chair out of school, and the electric chair at school. The one thing that she did find amusing about the electric chair was that she had to take a 'driving test'.",
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        },
        {
          "ref": "2012, Sandra I. Bordenca, It's Okay to Laugh Sometimes, page 40",
          "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.\"",
          "type": "quotation"
        },
        {
          "ref": "2012, Sharon M. Draper, Out of My Mind, page 36",
          "text": "He zooms his electric chair around the raggedy old snowman, tossing Velcroed stars and bells at it, asking, \"Snowman go zoom zoom?\"",
          "type": "quotation"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "An electrically powered wheelchair."
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "wheelchair",
          "wheelchair"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(informal) An electrically powered wheelchair."
      ],
      "tags": [
        "informal"
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [
        "en:Wrestling"
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "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."
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "wrestling",
          "wrestling#Noun"
        ],
        [
          "transitional",
          "transitional"
        ],
        [
          "hold",
          "hold"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(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."
      ],
      "topics": [
        "government",
        "hobbies",
        "lifestyle",
        "martial-arts",
        "military",
        "politics",
        "sports",
        "war",
        "wrestling"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "translations": [
    {
      "code": "ar",
      "lang": "Arabic",
      "roman": "kursiyy kahrabāʔiyy",
      "sense": "device used for performing execution by electrocution",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "كُرْسِيّ كَهْرَبَائِيّ"
    },
    {
      "code": "ast",
      "lang": "Asturian",
      "sense": "device used for performing execution by electrocution",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "siella llétrica"
    },
    {
      "code": "az",
      "lang": "Azerbaijani",
      "sense": "device used for performing execution by electrocution",
      "word": "elektrik stulu"
    },
    {
      "code": "br",
      "lang": "Breton",
      "sense": "device used for performing execution by electrocution",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "kador-dredan"
    },
    {
      "code": "ca",
      "lang": "Catalan",
      "sense": "device used for performing execution by electrocution",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "cadira elèctrica"
    },
    {
      "code": "cmn",
      "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
      "sense": "device used for performing execution by electrocution",
      "word": "電椅"
    },
    {
      "code": "cmn",
      "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
      "roman": "diànyǐ",
      "sense": "device used for performing execution by electrocution",
      "word": "电椅"
    },
    {
      "code": "cmn",
      "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
      "sense": "device used for performing execution by electrocution",
      "word": "電刑"
    },
    {
      "code": "cmn",
      "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
      "raw_tags": [
        "as a method of execution"
      ],
      "roman": "diànxíng",
      "sense": "device used for performing execution by electrocution",
      "tags": [
        "specifically"
      ],
      "word": "电刑"
    },
    {
      "code": "cs",
      "lang": "Czech",
      "sense": "device used for performing execution by electrocution",
      "tags": [
        "neuter"
      ],
      "word": "elektrické křeslo"
    },
    {
      "code": "nl",
      "lang": "Dutch",
      "sense": "device used for performing execution by electrocution",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "elektrische stoel"
    },
    {
      "code": "et",
      "lang": "Estonian",
      "sense": "device used for performing execution by electrocution",
      "word": "elektritool"
    },
    {
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "device used for performing execution by electrocution",
      "word": "sähkötuoli"
    },
    {
      "code": "fr",
      "lang": "French",
      "sense": "device used for performing execution by electrocution",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "chaise électrique"
    },
    {
      "code": "gl",
      "lang": "Galician",
      "sense": "device used for performing execution by electrocution",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "cadeira eléctrica"
    },
    {
      "code": "ka",
      "lang": "Georgian",
      "roman": "elekṭrosḳami",
      "sense": "device used for performing execution by electrocution",
      "word": "ელექტროსკამი"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "device used for performing execution by electrocution",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "elektrischer Stuhl"
    },
    {
      "code": "el",
      "lang": "Greek",
      "roman": "ilektrikí karékla",
      "sense": "device used for performing execution by electrocution",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "ηλεκτρική καρέκλα"
    },
    {
      "code": "hu",
      "lang": "Hungarian",
      "sense": "device used for performing execution by electrocution",
      "word": "villamosszék"
    },
    {
      "code": "is",
      "lang": "Icelandic",
      "sense": "device used for performing execution by electrocution",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "rafmagnsstóll"
    },
    {
      "code": "it",
      "lang": "Italian",
      "sense": "device used for performing execution by electrocution",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "sedia elettrica"
    },
    {
      "alt": "でんきいす",
      "code": "ja",
      "lang": "Japanese",
      "roman": "denki isu",
      "sense": "device used for performing execution by electrocution",
      "word": "電気椅子"
    },
    {
      "code": "ko",
      "lang": "Korean",
      "roman": "jeon'giuija",
      "sense": "device used for performing execution by electrocution",
      "word": "전기의자"
    },
    {
      "code": "mk",
      "lang": "Macedonian",
      "roman": "električna stolica",
      "sense": "device used for performing execution by electrocution",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "електрична столица"
    },
    {
      "code": "mn",
      "lang": "Mongolian",
      "roman": "caxilgaan sandal",
      "sense": "device used for performing execution by electrocution",
      "word": "цахилгаан сандал"
    },
    {
      "code": "pl",
      "lang": "Polish",
      "sense": "device used for performing execution by electrocution",
      "tags": [
        "neuter"
      ],
      "word": "krzesło elektryczne"
    },
    {
      "code": "pt",
      "lang": "Portuguese",
      "sense": "device used for performing execution by electrocution",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "cadeira elétrica"
    },
    {
      "code": "pa",
      "lang": "Punjabi",
      "roman": "bijlaī kursī",
      "sense": "device used for performing execution by electrocution",
      "word": "ਬਿਜਲਈ ਕੁਰਸੀ"
    },
    {
      "code": "ro",
      "lang": "Romanian",
      "sense": "device used for performing execution by electrocution",
      "tags": [
        "neuter"
      ],
      "word": "scaun electric"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "elektríčeskij stul",
      "sense": "device used for performing execution by electrocution",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "электри́ческий стул"
    },
    {
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "device used for performing execution by electrocution",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "silla eléctrica"
    },
    {
      "code": "sv",
      "lang": "Swedish",
      "sense": "device used for performing execution by electrocution",
      "tags": [
        "common-gender"
      ],
      "word": "elektriska stolen"
    },
    {
      "code": "tl",
      "lang": "Tagalog",
      "sense": "device used for performing execution by electrocution",
      "word": "silya elektrika"
    },
    {
      "code": "tr",
      "lang": "Turkish",
      "sense": "device used for performing execution by electrocution",
      "word": "elektrikli sandalye"
    },
    {
      "code": "cmn",
      "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
      "sense": "electrically powered wheelchair",
      "word": "電動輪椅"
    },
    {
      "code": "cmn",
      "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
      "roman": "diàndòng lúnyǐ",
      "sense": "electrically powered wheelchair",
      "word": "电动轮椅"
    },
    {
      "code": "et",
      "lang": "Estonian",
      "sense": "electrically powered wheelchair",
      "word": "elektriratastool"
    },
    {
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "electrically powered wheelchair",
      "word": "sähköpyörätuoli"
    },
    {
      "code": "el",
      "lang": "Greek",
      "roman": "ilektrikí anapirikí polythróna",
      "sense": "electrically powered wheelchair",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "ηλεκτρική αναπηρική πολυθρόνα"
    },
    {
      "code": "pt",
      "lang": "Portuguese",
      "sense": "electrically powered wheelchair",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "cadeira de rodas elétrica"
    }
  ],
  "wikipedia": [
    "electric chair"
  ],
  "word": "electric chair"
}

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