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noun
1.
a person or thing that chases or pursues.
2.
a drink of a milder beverage taken after a drink of liquor.
3.
Also called chase gun. (on a vessel) a gun especially for use when in chase or when being chased.
4.
a hunter.
5.
Theater.
a.
Chiefly British. the final act or musical number of a vaudeville or variety show.
b.
the music played as the audience leaves a theater.
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Chaser
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| a printed punctuation mark (‽), available only in some typefaces, designed to combine the question mark (?) and the exclamation point (!), indicating a mixture of query and interjection, as after a rhetorical question. |
| an extraordinary or unusual thing, person, or event; an exceptional example or instance. |
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Word Origin & History
chaser
c.1300, "horse trained for chasing," agent noun from chase. Meaning "water or mild beverage taken after a strong drink" is 1897, U.S. colloquial. Fr. had chasse (from chasser "to chase") "a drink of liquor taken (or said to be taken) to kill the aftertaste of coffee or tobacco,"
EXPANDused in Eng. from c.1800.
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Slang Dictionary
chaser definition
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Dictionary of American Slang and Colloquial Expressions by Richard A. Spears.Fourth Edition.
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American Heritage
Abbreviations & Acronyms
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chaser
a literary work or portion of a literary work that is of a light or mollifying nature in comparison with that which precedes or accompanies it. The metaphor may stem from the practice of following the consumption of strong alcoholic drink with consumption of a less-potent beverage or, occasionally, with food.
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