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Definition of Chaser
1. Noun. A person who is pursuing and trying to overtake or capture. "Always before he had been able to outwit his pursuers"
Specialized synonyms: Bounty Hunter
Generic synonyms: Follower
Derivative terms: Chase, Pursue
2. Noun. A drink to follow immediately after another drink.
Definition of Chaser
1. n. One who or that which chases; a pursuer; a driver; a hunter.
2. n. One who chases or engraves. See 5th Chase, and Enchase.
Definition of Chaser
1. Noun. A person or thing (ship, plane, car, etc.) who chases. (defdate from 14th c.) ¹
2. Noun. Originally, a horse used for hunting; now, a horse trained for steeple-chasing, a steeple-chaser. (defdate from 14th c.) ¹
3. Noun. (archaic) A hunter. (defdate from 15th c.) ¹
4. Noun. Someone who chases metal; a person who decorates metal by engraving or embossing. (defdate from 18th c.) ¹
5. Noun. A tool used for cutting the threads of screws. (defdate from 19th c.) ¹
6. Noun. A mild drink consumed immediately after a drink of hard liquor. (defdate from 19th c.) ¹
7. Noun. (context: logging obsolete) Someone that follows logs out of the forest in order to signal a yarder engineer to stop them if they become fouled - also called a frogger. ¹
8. Noun. (context: logging) one who unhooks chokers from the logs at the landing. ¹
9. Noun. One of a series of adjacent light bulbs that cycle on and off to give the illusion of movement. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Chaser
1. one that chases [n -S] - See also: chases
Lexicographical Neighbors of Chaser
Literary usage of Chaser
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. A Handbook of the Petroleum Industry by David Talbot Day (1922)
"29 shows the position in which a chaser of the " rake " type (see also Fig.
21) should be held when grinding the lead or throat. An adjustable flat-top rest ..."
2. How to Study "The Best Short Stories": An Analysis of Edward J. O'Brien's by Blanche Colton Williams (1919)
"You ask about the germinal idea of ' The Sun chaser. ... What Ambrose seeks is
what every one of us in the world — even a Sun chaser — wants: HAPPINESS. ..."
3. Modern Toolmaking Methods: A Treatise Om Precision Dividing and Locating by Franklin Day Jones (1915)
"To make an accurate chaser of the type shown at C, Fig. ... (C) chaser made by
Hob shown at A one inch in diameter, this size having been adopted so that ..."
4. Thread-cutting Methods: A Treatise on the Operation and Use of Various Tools by Franklin Day Jones (1918)
"The cutter is fed across the chaser blank and forms a series of straight teeth
corresponding in cross-section to the shape of the thread to be cut. ..."
5. The Dictionary of Biographical Reference: Containing Over One Hundred by Lawrence Barnett Phillips (1889)
"... statuary and chaser; Bc 5th cent. RUX Calamy, Benjamin, English ecclesiastic
and author ; a. ..."
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