electric chair
Noun

electric chair (plural electric chairs)

  1. A chair-like device used for performing execution by electrocution.
  2. (informal) An electrically powered wheelchair.
  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.
Translations
  • French: chaise électrique
  • German: elektrischer Stuhl
  • Italian: sedia elettrica
  • Portuguese: cadeira elétrica
  • Russian: электри́ческий стул
  • Spanish: silla eléctrica
Translations
  • Portuguese: cadeira de rodas elétrica



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