Definition of "chaser" in English

noun

1. Something or someone who chases.

2. (equestrianism) A horse trained for steeplechasing; a steeplechaser.

   • Oh, that final furlong! It can be both agony and ecstasy. Anyone who doubts that should have seen the television close-up of Jim Lewis as his great chaser Best Mate came up the final hill at Cheltenham in 2004 to clich a hat-trick of Gold Cups. ... Best mate is the best steeplechaser we have seen for years and all being well will be at the Cheltenham Festival again in 2005 to try and make it four Gold Cups.

3. (equestrianism, obsolete) A hunter (a horse bred and trained for use in hunting).

4. (slang) A drink consumed after another of a different kind.

   • beer chaser
   • straight, no chaser

5. (timber industry, obsolete) Someone who follows logs out of the forest in order to signal a yarder engineer to stop them if they become fouled

6. (timber industry) One who unhooks chokers from the logs at the landing.

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

8. A long piece of flexible wire used to draw an electrical cable through a wall cavity.

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

10. A person who guards military prisoners on fatigue duty; a prison guard.

11. (slang) A person who is attracted to and seeks out sexual partners with a particular quality, usually in a fetishistic manner.

12. (fiction, Harry Potter) In the sport of Quidditch or Muggle quidditch, a player responsible for passing the quaffle and scoring goals with it.

13. (taxonomy) Any dragonfly of family Libellulidae.

noun

1. Someone who chases (decorates) metal; a person who decorates metal by engraving or embossing.

2. 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.

   • In Fig. i is shown one of the chasers in the position which it occupies in cutting a thread.

3. (nautical) A chase gun.

   • bow chaser; stern chaser