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chaser
1[ chey-ser ]
noun
- a person or thing that chases or pursues.
- a drink of a milder beverage taken after a drink of liquor.
- Also called chase gun [cheys, guhn]. (on a vessel) a gun especially for use when in chase or when being chased.
- a hunter.
- Theater.
- Chiefly British. the final act or musical number of a vaudeville or variety show.
- the music played as the audience leaves a theater.
chaser
2[ chey-ser ]
noun
- a tool with multiple teeth for cutting screw threads.
chaser
3[ chey-ser ]
noun
- a person who engraves metal.
chaser
1/ ˈtʃeɪsə /
noun
- a person who engraves
- 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
- a person or thing that chases
- a drink drunk after another of a different kind, as beer after spirits
- 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
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Example Sentences
Over the course of the series, however, we see Barney go from being a skirt-chaser to someone ready for a committed relationship.
On the nights before drill, a couple of adult beverages and an Ambien chaser usually did the trick.
His exasperated intensity was his hallmark—you always knew you were getting his truth, straight no chaser.
Veteran storm chaser Tim Samaras died Friday in the El Reno, Oklahoma, tornado, along with his son Paul and colleague Carl Young.
Those into “robo-tripping” often just chug the medicine without any chaser at all.
They call dad a 'rainbow-chaser,' and say he never can find any pay-rock the way he potters around.
They should be given frequently—and sharply, and often just at the moment when the chaser is about to catch the runner.
The game continues until runner is caught, or a time reached when a new chaser and runner are chosen.
Here was a wild-goose chase indeed, but Aronson had a keen suspicion that it was the goose who was the chaser.
Then he hoisted the English ensign over the French, and immediately the stranger yawed and fired a bow-chaser.
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