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chaser

/ˈt͡ʃeɪsɚ/

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What does chaser mean?

noun

  1. Something or someone who chases.
  2. A horse trained for steeplechasing; a steeplechaser.
  3. (slang) A drink consumed after another of a different kind.
More meanings (15)

noun

  1. One who unhooks chokers from the logs at the landing.
  2. A long piece of flexible wire used to draw an electrical cable through a wall cavity.
  3. One of a series of adjacent light bulbs that cycle on and off to give the illusion of movement.
  4. A person who guards military prisoners on fatigue duty; a prison guard.
  5. (slang) A chaser of transgender people; a tranny chaser.
  6. (slang) A chaser of overweight or obese people; a chubby chaser.
  7. (slang) A person who seeks partners with HIV in order to become infected.
  8. In the sport of Quidditch or Muggle quidditch, a player responsible for passing the quaffle and scoring goals with it.
  9. Any dragonfly of family Libellulidae.
  10. Someone who chases (decorates) metal; a person who decorates metal by engraving or embossing.
  11. 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.
  12. A chase gun.
  13. (obsolete) A hunter (a horse bred and trained for use in hunting).
  14. (obsolete) Someone who follows logs out of the forest in order to signal a yarder engineer to stop them if they become fouled
  15. (obsolete, slang) A piece of music played after a performance while the audience leaves.

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IPA pronunciation

/ˈt͡ʃeɪsɚ/

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The chaser tries to tag the runners before they can "get home," or to a given place.
Frederica SeegerEntertainments for Home, Church and SchoolProject Gutenberg ebook #6416
Our men crouched about the decks here and there with anxious, crestfallen faces, all turned one way to watch the chaser.
Joseph ConradThe Mirror of the SeaProject Gutenberg ebook #1058
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Then began A stop i’ th’ chaser, a retire; anon A rout, confusion thick.
William ShakespeareThe Complete Works of William ShakespeareProject Gutenberg ebook #100
I once thought I had landed a job as stock chaser in a factory, but here, too, stammering barred the way, for they told me that even the stock chaser had to be able to deliver verbal messages from one foreman to another.
Benjamin Nathaniel BogueStammering, its cause and cureProject Gutenberg ebook #4256