Chaser

Quick meaning: Chaser is a noun meaning Something or someone who chases.

Meaning

Something or someone who chases.

More Meanings

1. (equestrianism) A horse trained for steeplechasing; a steeplechaser.
2. (equestrianism, obsolete) A hunter (a horse bred and trained for use in hunting).
3. (timber industry) One who unhooks chokers from the logs at the landing.
4. A long piece of flexible wire used to draw an electrical cable through a wall cavity.
5. (timber industry, obsolete) Someone who follows logs out of the forest in order to signal a yarder engineer to stop them if they become fouled
6. (slang) A drink consumed after another of a different kind.
7. (slang, obsolete) A piece of music played after a performance while the audience leaves.

Example Sentences

straight, no chaser

All this stuff is blocking us / I'm neat with no chaser / I'm all spirit, but I'm sinking

Cowboys in high-heeled boots teeter along its sidewalks, or push the swinging doors aside for a shot or two—straight, no chaser.

"[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."

Word Forms

• chasers

Synonyms for chaser

Depending on context, synonyms include frogger, pursuer.

Related Words

Related dictionary entries include pursuer, ambulance, thistle, chasee, pursuiter, follower.

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