GOING TO JERUSALEM

IPA (US):

 Dictionary entry overview: What does going to Jerusalem mean? 

• GOING TO JERUSALEM (noun)
  The noun GOING TO JERUSALEM has 1 sense:

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

  Familiarity information: GOING TO JERUSALEM used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• GOING TO JERUSALEM (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

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

Classified under:

Nouns denoting acts or actions

Synonyms:

going to Jerusalem; musical chairs

Hypernyms ("going to Jerusalem" is a kind of...):

child's game (a game enjoyed by children)