hot seat vs stew

hot seat

noun
  • Any stressful situation. 

  • The seat occupied by a game show contestant at a stage where they are answering questions alone. 

  • The electric chair. 

  • A multiplayer game mode where the players take turns playing the game. 

stew

noun
  • A state of agitated excitement, worry, and/or confusion. 

  • A heated bath-room or steam-room; also, a hot bath. 

  • A dish cooked by stewing. 

  • A steward or stewardess on an airplane or boat. 

  • A pool in which fish are kept in preparation for eating. 

  • An artificial bed of oysters. 

verb
  • To brew (tea) for too long, so that the flavour becomes too strong. 

  • To suffer under uncomfortably hot conditions. 

  • To cook (food) by slowly boiling or simmering. 

  • To be in a state of elevated anxiety or anger. 

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