Definition of CHASER

chaser

Plural: chasers

Noun

  • One that pursues, or a drink taken after a strong one.
  • a person who is pursuing and trying to overtake or capture
  • a drink to follow immediately after another drink
  • Something or someone who chases.
  • A horse trained for steeplechasing; a steeplechaser.
  • A hunter (a horse bred and trained for use in hunting).
  • A drink consumed after another of a different kind.
  • Someone who follows logs out of the forest in order to signal a yarder engineer to stop them if they become fouled
  • One who unhooks chokers from the logs at the landing.
  • A piece of music played after a performance while the audience leaves.
  • A long piece of flexible wire used to draw an electrical cable through a wall cavity.
  • One of a series of adjacent light bulbs that cycle on and off to give the illusion of movement.
  • A person who guards military prisoners on fatigue duty; a prison guard.
  • A person who is attracted to and seeks out sexual partners with a particular quality, usually in a fetishistic manner.
  • A chaser for transgender people; a tranny chaser.
  • A person who is attracted to and seeks out sexual partners with a particular quality, usually in a fetishistic manner.
  • A chaser for overweight or obese people; a chubby chaser.
  • A person who is attracted to and seeks out sexual partners with a particular quality, usually in a fetishistic manner.
  • A person who seeks partners with HIV in order to become infected.
  • In the sport of Quidditch or Muggle quidditch, a player responsible for passing the quaffle and scoring goals with it.
  • Any dragonfly of family Libellulidae.
  • Someone who chases (decorates) metal; a person who decorates metal by engraving or embossing.
  • 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.
  • A chase gun.

Examples

  • beer chaser
  • straight, no chaser
  • The ’S’ tile was a welcome CHASER to his high-scoring word, adding crucial points.

Origin / Etymology

Inherited from Middle English chaser, chacer, chasour, borrowed from Old French chaceür, chaceor, from chacier (“to chase, hunt”); later senses from or influenced by chase (“pursue”) + -er. Doublet of chasseur.

Synonyms

pursuer, bug-chaser, frogger, prison chaser

Scrabble Score: 11

chaser: valid Scrabble (US) TWL Word
chaser: valid Scrabble Word in Merriam-Webster MW Dictionary
chaser: valid Scrabble Word in International Collins CSW Dictionary

Words With Friends Score: 11

chaser: valid Words With Friends Word