chaser

English

/ˈtʃeɪsə/, /ˈtʃeɪsɚ/

noun
Definitions
  • A person or thing (ship, plane, car, etc.) that chases.
  • (archaic) A hunter.
  • A person who does the chasing on metalwork.
  • A horse: (originally) a horse used for hunting; (now) a horse trained for steeplechasing, a steeplechaser.
  • a drink drunk after another of a different kind
  • (logging) 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) 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.
  • (slang) A person who seeks out sexual partners with a particular quality:

Etymology

Inherited from Middle English chaser borrowed from Old French chaceür suffix from English chase (decorate metal, pursue, groove) root from Proto-Indo-European *keh₂p- (seize, grasp, take, catch, grab, stick to, hold).

Origin

Proto-Indo-European

*keh₂p-

Gloss

seize, grasp, take, catch, grab, stick to, hold

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