chaser
1 Americannoun
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a person or thing that chases or pursues.
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a drink of a milder beverage taken after a drink of liquor.
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Also called chase gun. (on a vessel) a gun especially for use when in chase or when being chased.
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a hunter.
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Theater.
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Chiefly British. the final act or musical number of a vaudeville or variety show.
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the music played as the audience leaves a theater.
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noun
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noun
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a person or thing that chases
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a drink drunk after another of a different kind, as beer after spirits
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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
noun
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a person who engraves
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a lathe cutting tool for accurately finishing a screw thread, having a cutting edge consisting of several repetitions of the thread form
Etymology
Origin of chaser1
First recorded in 1250–1300; Middle English chasour, chesour “hunting horse, hunter,” from Old French chaceo(u)r, from chacier chase 1 + -er 1 ( def. )
Origin of chaser2
First recorded in 1700–10; chase 2 + -er 1
Origin of chaser3
Example Sentences
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The setup is the shot, and the punchline is the chaser, and they both go down smooth.
From Salon ● Jul. 12, 2026
But Joshua refused to confirm whether a fight between the pair would happen next, instead calling Fury a "clout chaser".
From BBC ● Apr. 12, 2026
Your chaser is Alison McAlpine’s appealing, aptly titled “Perfectly a Strangeness,” sans humans, but starring three donkeys in an unnamed desert happening upon a cluster of hilltop observatories.
From Los Angeles Times ● Feb. 20, 2026
Purely from a musical lover’s perspective, though, the two movies complement each other the way fried fish works with a naengmyeon chaser.
From Salon ● Jul. 11, 2025
Nevertheless, he stuck around to watch the Korean conflict, where Ensign Stephanides served on a submarine chaser.
From "Middlesex: A Novel" by Jeffrey Eugenides
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