chaser

¹

[ chey-ser ]

noun

1. a person or thing that chases or pursues.
2. a drink of a milder beverage taken after a drink of liquor.
3. Also called chase gun [cheys, guhn]. (on a vessel) a gun especially for use when in chase or when being chased.
4. a hunter.
5. Theater.
   1. Chiefly British. the final act or musical number of a vaudeville or variety show.
   2. the music played as the audience leaves a theater.

chaser

²

[ chey-ser ]

noun

1. a tool with multiple teeth for cutting screw threads.

chaser

³

[ chey-ser ]

noun

1. a person who engraves metal.

chaser

¹

/ ˈtʃeɪsə /

noun

1. a person who engraves
2. a lathe cutting tool for accurately finishing a screw thread, having a cutting edge consisting of several repetitions of the thread form

chaser

²

/ ˈtʃeɪsə /

noun

1. a person or thing that chases
2. a drink drunk after another of a different kind, as beer after spirits
3. a cannon on a vessel situated either at the bow ( bow chaser ) or the stern ( stern chaser ) and used during pursuit by or of another vessel

Word History and Origins

Origin of chaser¹

First recorded in 1250–1300; Middle English chasour, chesour “hunting horse, hunter,” from Old French chaceo(u)r, from chacier chase ¹ + -er ¹( def )

Origin of chaser²

First recorded in 1700–10; chase ² + -er ¹

Origin of chaser³

First recorded in 1700–10; chase ³ + -er ¹

Example Sentences

This Sunday, join a band of storm chasers as they go where few do, for art and adrenaline, for science and survival.

From Ozy

Getting close, often in a hurricane’s direct path, allows professional storm chasers to document crucial on-field data impossible to obtain from afar.

From Ozy

Plus, waterfall chasers won’t want to miss Wildcat Branch Falls, a stunning 100-foot cascade.

From Outside Online

Build more homes, ensure that they cannot have a large market share and engage in predatory behavior, and reduce the incentive for yield chasers to further commodify the market.

From Vox

By then, the chasers who began four shots behind Matsuyama — Justin Rose, Schauffele, Marc Leishman, Zalatoris — had been sailing sideways variously, and soon the lead reached six.

From Washington Post

Over the course of the series, however, we see Barney go from being a skirt-chaser to someone ready for a committed relationship.

From The Daily Beast

On the nights before drill, a couple of adult beverages and an Ambien chaser usually did the trick.

From The Daily Beast

His exasperated intensity was his hallmark—you always knew you were getting his truth, straight no chaser.

From The Daily Beast

Veteran storm chaser Tim Samaras died Friday in the El Reno, Oklahoma, tornado, along with his son Paul and colleague Carl Young.

From The Daily Beast

Those into “robo-tripping” often just chug the medicine without any chaser at all.

From The Daily Beast

They call dad a 'rainbow-chaser,' and say he never can find any pay-rock the way he potters around.

From Project Gutenberg

They should be given frequently—and sharply, and often just at the moment when the chaser is about to catch the runner.

From Project Gutenberg

The game continues until runner is caught, or a time reached when a new chaser and runner are chosen.

From Project Gutenberg

Here was a wild-goose chase indeed, but Aronson had a keen suspicion that it was the goose who was the chaser.

From Project Gutenberg

Then he hoisted the English ensign over the French, and immediately the stranger yawed and fired a bow-chaser.

From Project Gutenberg

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