CHASER

chaser

(noun) a drink to follow immediately after another drink

pursuer, chaser

(noun) a person who is pursuing and trying to overtake or capture; “always before he had been able to outwit his pursuers”

Source: WordNet® 3.1

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Etymology 1

Noun

chaser (plural chasers)

A person or thing (ship, plane, car, etc.) that chases. [from 14th c.]

(archaic) A hunter. [from 15th c.]

A person who does the chasing on metalwork.

A horse: (originally) a horse used for hunting; (now) a horse trained for steeplechasing, a steeplechaser. [from 14th c.]

(UK) A strong alcoholic drink (such as a spirit) that is drunk after a weaker alcoholic drink.

(US) A mild drink consumed immediately after a drink of hard liquor. [from 19th c.]

(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).

(logging) One who unhooks chokers from the logs at the landing.

(slang, historical) A piece of music, etc. played after a performance while the audience leaves.

One of a series of adjacent light bulbs that cycle on and off to give the illusion of movement.

synonym of prison chaser

(slang) A person who seeks out sexual partners with a particular quality

(slang) A tranny chaser.

(slang) A chubby chaser.

(slang) A person who seeks partners with HIV in order to become infected.

Synonym: bug-chaser

Coordinate terms

• (mild drink): back

Etymology 2

Noun

chaser (plural chasers)

Someone who chases (decorates) metal; a person who decorates metal by engraving or embossing. [from 18th c.]

A tool used for cleaning out screw threads, either as an integral part of a tap or die to remove waste material produced by the cutting tool, or as a separate tool to repair damaged threads. [from 19th c.]

(nautical) A chase gun.

Anagrams

• Arches, Ascher, Rasche, Schaer, achers, arches, casher, chares, eschar, raches, search

Source: Wiktionary

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Chas"er, n.

1. One who or that which chases; a pursuer; a driver; a hunter.

2. (Naut.)

Definition: Same as Chase gun, esp. in terms bow chaser and stern chaser. See under Bow, Stern.

Chas"er, n.

1. One who chases or engraves. See 5th Chase, and Enchase.

2. (Mech.)

Definition: A tool with several points, used for cutting or finishing screw threads, either external or internal, on work revolving in a lathe.

Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition

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