Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun One who chases; a pursuer; a hunter; a driver.
- noun Nautical: A vessel which pursues another, A chase-gun; a gun on a vessel mounted especially for service when in chase or being chased: called a bow-chaser when pointed from the bow, and a stern-chaser when from the stern.
- noun A short strap used to keep the curtain of a carriage in place when it is rolled up.
- noun One who chases or enchases; an enchaser.
- noun A hand-tool of steel used for cutting or finishing the threads of screws; the tool used as the cutting instrument in a chasing-lathe.
- noun The sip of water or mild drink with which tipplers ‘chase’ or wash down their dram of spirits.
- noun Same as
edge-runner mill (which see, undermill ). Also calledchaser mill .
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- noun One who or that which chases; a pursuer; a driver; a hunter.
- noun (Naut.) Same as
Chase gun , esp. in termsbow chaser andstern chaser . See underBow ,Stern . - noun One who chases or engraves. See 5th
chase , andenchase . - noun (Mech.) A tool with several points, used for cutting or finishing screw threads, either external or internal, on work revolving in a lathe.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- noun logging, obsolete Someone that follows logs out of the forest in order to signal a yarder engineer to stop them if they become fouled - also called a frogger.
- noun logging one who unhooks
chokers from the logs at the landing. - noun One of a series of adjacent
light bulbs thatcycle on and off to give the illusion of movement.
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- noun a person who is pursuing and trying to overtake or capture
- noun a drink to follow immediately after another drink
Etymologies
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Examples
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The title chaser edges out Michele Pirro to hold provisional pole position at Misano.
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The chaser is The Adversary, an evil emperor, and his numberless goblin shock-troops.
Peter & Max: the Fables comics jump to novel - Boing Boing 2009
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• Tim Howard turned in perhaps his finest performance of the season, coming up with six saves to help Everton fend off Premier League title chaser Manchester City in a 2-1 victory on
SI.com 2011
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LONDON -- Under-pressure England captain John Terry scored with eight minutes left Saturday to give Premier League title chaser Chelsea a 2-1 win at Burnley.
Winnipeg Sun 2010
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Under-pressure England captain John Terry scored with eight minutes left Saturday to give English Premier League title chaser Chelsea a 2-1 win at Burnley.
Toronto Sun 2010
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Under-pressure England captain John Terry scored with eight minutes left Saturday to give English Premier League title chaser Chelsea a 2-1 win at Burnley.
Toronto Sun 2010
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Under-pressure England captain John Terry scored with eight minutes left Saturday to give English Premier League title chaser Chelsea a 2-1 win at Burnley.
Toronto Sun 2010
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Carney, who lives a few miles from Donald’s parents in the Colorado mountains, said that the former All-American steeple chaser is flying under the radar: He’s a super talent … and I think he’s going to surprise a lot of people.
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And this and the fact that you’re a tranny chaser is why you’re still single …
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He tries to avoid the term "storm chaser" but has come to accept the term as an inevitability.
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hernesheir commented on the word chaser
A ram that has only one testicle. --Dr. Jamieson's Scottish Dictionary and Supplement, 1841.
May 10, 2011