Chaser

/ˈt͡ʃeɪsə/ · noun

Meaning

Something or someone who chases..

Definitions by Sense

1. Something or someone who chases.
2. (equestrianism) A horse trained for steeplechasing; a steeplechaser.
3. (equestrianism, obsolete) A hunter (a horse bred and trained for use in hunting).
4. (slang) A drink consumed after another of a different kind.
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. (timber industry) One who unhooks chokers from the logs at the landing.
7. (slang, obsolete) A piece of music played after a performance while the audience leaves.
8. A long piece of flexible wire used to draw an electrical cable through a wall cavity.

Example Sentences

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.

Oh, that final furlong! It can be both agony and ecstasy. Anyone who doubts that should have seen the television close-up of Jim Lewis as his great chaser Best Mate came up the final hill at Cheltenham in 2004 to clich a hat-trick of Gold Cups. ... Best mate is the best steeplechaser we have seen for years and all being well will be at the Cheltenham Festival again in 2005 to try and make it four Gold Cups.

"[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."

"Wild Risk...had his greatest successes as a steeplechaser rather than a flat racer... It is rare indeed that a 'chaser - even one as good as wild risk - makes a good flat sire."

beer chaser

straight, no chaser

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

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

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