chaser

¹ American  

[chay-ser] / ˈtʃeɪ sər /

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.

   1. Chiefly British. the final act or musical number of a vaudeville or variety show.

   2. the music played as the audience leaves a theater.

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chaser ² American  

[chay-ser] / ˈtʃeɪ sər /

noun

1. a tool with multiple teeth for cutting screw threads.

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chaser ³ American  

[chay-ser] / ˈtʃeɪ sər /

noun

1. a person who engraves metal.

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chaser ¹ British  

/ ˈtʃeɪsə /

noun

1. a person or thing that chases

2. a drink drunk after another of a different kind, as beer after spirits

3. 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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chaser ² British  

/ ˈtʃeɪsə /

noun

1. a person who engraves

2. a lathe cutting tool for accurately finishing a screw thread, having a cutting edge consisting of several repetitions of the thread form

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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

First recorded in 1700–10; chase ³ + -er ¹

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Example Sentences

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chaser

Alas, my limited survey reveals they taste like carbonated cough syrup with a Windex chaser.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 6, 2026

During each docking and undocking sequence, the lander prototype will act as the target while Orion serves as the chaser spacecraft.

From Science Daily ● Jul. 23, 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

Rodriguez swings at the chaser, makes contact, and swats a sinking line drive over Malik’s head into short left-center.

From "A High Five for Glenn Burke" by Phil Bildner

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