chaser
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chaser¹
- /ˈt͡ʃeɪsə/ UK
- /ˈt͡ʃeɪsɚ/ US
Rhymes with -eɪsə(ɹ)
Where it comes from
Inherited from Middle English chaser, chacer, chasour, borrowed from Old French chaceür, chaceor, from chacier (“to chase, hunt”); later senses from or influenced by chase (“pursue”) + -er. Doublet of chasseur.
noun chasers
- Something or someone who chases. One student is the chaser and the other is the chasee. Give the chasee three seconds to get away and then allow the chaser to attempt to tag the chasee.
- A horse trained for steeplechasing; a steeplechaser. "[I]t looked like The Fellow was the best steeplechaser in many years. He'd earned the best speed rating I'd ever given a chaser."
- A hunter (a horse bred and trained for use in hunting).
- A drink consumed after another of a different kind. beer chaser
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Someone who follows logs out of the forest in order to signal a yarder engineer to stop them if they become fouled
...on one end known as a Bardon choker hook, to facilitate making a loop. It stays tight and makes it unnecessary for the "chaser" or "choker setter" to follow the "turn" to the landing as might have to be done if tongs are used
Similar: frogger
- One who unhooks chokers from the logs at the landing. "The rigging slinger hooks the chokers to the main line, the chaser unhooks them at the spar tree."
- A piece of music played after a performance while the audience leaves. After the final curtain the orchestra played a "chaser" which was music played while the audience members not remaining for the after-show concert left the theatre.
- A long piece of flexible wire used to draw an electrical cable through a wall cavity.
- One of a series of adjacent light bulbs that cycle on and off to give the illusion of movement.
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A person who guards military prisoners on fatigue duty; a prison guard.
Similar: prison chaser
- A chaser of transgender people; a tranny chaser. These types despise TGentlemen and insist that any man who is interested in TGirls is automatically a troll, a chaser, or just a gay man in denial.
- A chaser of overweight or obese people; a chubby chaser.
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A person who seeks partners with HIV in order to become infected.
At any given time, there are often dozens of people actively posting online ads as “chasers” or “gifters” in San Francisco and elsewhere around the nation .. Though chasers and gifters are active around the world, many see San Francisco as a kind of mecca .. apps like Grindr and Recon, as well as th
Similar: bug-chaser
- In the sport of Quidditch or Muggle quidditch, a player responsible for passing the quaffle and scoring goals with it.
- Any dragonfly of family Libellulidae.
chaser²
- /ˈt͡ʃeɪsə/ UK
- /ˈt͡ʃeɪsɚ/ US
Rhymes with -eɪsə(ɹ)
noun chasers
- Someone who chases (decorates) metal; a person who decorates metal by engraving or embossing. "Mr B., heraldic chaser, says there are several processes in making heraldy plates, sketching, engraving, embossing, chasing and burnishing." "H. & C., manufacturers of cloth and gilt buttons, say it requires some weeks to learn to chase the gilt buttons, which are done with small metal tools and a
- A tool used for cleaning out screw threads, either as an integral part of a tap or die to remove waste material produced by the cutting tool, or as a separate tool to repair damaged threads. In Fig. i is shown one of the chasers in the position which it occupies in cutting a thread.
- A chase gun. bow chaser; stern chaser
Thesaurus
Closest in meaning: pursuer, ambulance, thistle, chasee, pursuiter, follower, pursuee, steeplechaser, persecutor, stormchaser, pursuivant, trailer, questrist, speedster, chasseur, smokechaser
Translations
Every language
noun person or thing (ship, plane, car, etc.) who chases
| Español | perseguidor, perseguidora |
|---|---|
| Português | perseguidor, perseguidora |
| Français | poursuivant, poursuivante |
| Deutsch | Jäger, Jägerin, Verfolger, Verfolgerin |
| Italiano | inseguitore, inseguitrice, cacciatore, cacciatrice |
| Română | urmăritor, urmăritoare |
| Русский | пресле́дователь preslédovatelʹ, пресле́довательница preslédovatelʹnica |
noun mild drink consumed immediately after another drink of hard liquor
| Français | pousse-alcool, rince-gueule, rince-cochon |
|---|---|
| Deutsch | Begleitgetränk |
| Русский | запи́вка zapívka |
| עברית | צ׳ייסר chéyser |
noun someone that follows logs out of the forest
| Deutsch | Verfolger, Verfolgerin |
|---|
noun someone who decorates metal by engraving or embossing
| Deutsch | Gravierer, Graviererin |
|---|---|
| Italiano | cesellatore, incisore |
| Română | gravor |
noun tool used for cutting the threads of screws
| Deutsch | Gewindeschneider |
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title = {chaser},
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