chaser
1- a person or thing that chases or pursues.
- a drink of a milder beverage taken after a drink of liquor.
- Also called chase gun. (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.
Origin of chaser
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2- a tool with multiple teeth for cutting screw threads.
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3- a person who engraves metal.
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3Related Words for chaser
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Contemporary Examples of chaser
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.
Those into “robo-tripping” often just chug the medicine without any chaser at all.
He would then promptly order a chaser of another round of the same—two more shots of scotch.
Then she poured Milk of Magnesia into the other glass as a chaser.
Historical Examples of chaser
Should the chaser tag the one holding the handkerchief, that one becomes chaser.
"Look at those fellows with the guns on the deck of the chaser," said Ralph.
The Boy Volunteers with the Submarine FleetKenneth Ward
The chaser was now under way, and described a circle to the right.
The Boy Volunteers with the Submarine FleetKenneth Ward
The vessel pursued by some other, that pursuing being the chaser.
The Sailor's Word-BookWilliam Henry Smyth
That a couple of quinine pills, with a chaser of rye whiskey, will cure a cold.
The American CredoGeorge Jean Nathan
chaser
1- 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
chaser
2- 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
Word Origin and History for chaser
c.1300, "horse trained for chasing," agent noun from chase (v.), probably in some cases from Old French chaceor "huntsman, hunter." Meaning "water or mild beverage taken after a strong drink" is 1897, U.S. colloquial. French had chasse (from chasser "to chase") "a drink of liquor taken (or said to be taken) to kill the aftertaste of coffee or tobacco," used in English from c.1800.