Word: chaser Part of Speech: noun 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. Pronunciation: /ˈt͡ʃeɪsə/, /ˈt͡ʃeɪsɚ/ 1. Something or someone who chases. Example: One student is the chaser and the other is the chasee. Give the chasee three seconds to get away and then allow the chaser to attempt to tag the chasee. 2. A horse trained for steeplechasing; a steeplechaser. Example: "[I]t looked like The Fellow was the best steeplechaser in many years. He'd earned the best speed rating I'd ever given a chaser." Example: "Wild Risk...had his greatest successes as a steeplechaser rather than a flat racer... It is rare indeed that a 'chaser - even one as good as wild risk - makes a good flat sire." 3. A hunter (a horse bred and trained for use in hunting). Labels: obsolete 4. A drink consumed after another of a different kind. Labels: slang Example: beer chaser Example: straight, no chaser 5. Someone who follows logs out of the forest in order to signal a yarder engineer to stop them if they become fouled Labels: obsolete Example: ...on one end known as a Bardon choker hook, to facilitate making a loop. It stays tight and makes it unnecessary for the "chaser" or "choker setter" to follow the "turn" to the landing as might have to be done if tongs are used Example: "A chaser follows the logs to the landing, often riding in a rigging sled hollowed out of a log, which is attached to the rear log. The chaser can signal to the road engineer at any point..." 6. One who unhooks chokers from the logs at the landing. Example: "The rigging slinger hooks the chokers to the main line, the chaser unhooks them at the spar tree." Example: A chaser was the man who unhooked the logs that were yarded in to the spar tree. 7. A piece of music played after a performance while the audience leaves. Labels: obsolete, slang Example: After the final curtain the orchestra played a "chaser" which was music played while the audience members not remaining for the after-show concert left the theatre. Example: Films had become a regular feature of the typical vaudeville program, ending most programs and occasionally serving as a “chaser” that encouraged audiences to leave the continuous programs rather than retain their seats to watch them a second time. 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. A person who is attracted to and seeks out sexual partners with a particular quality, usually in a fetishistic manner. Labels: slang Example: These types despise TGentlemen and insist that any man who is interested in TGirls is automatically a troll, a chaser, or just a gay man in denial. 12. A person who is attracted to and seeks out sexual partners with a particular quality, usually in a fetishistic manner. Labels: slang 13. A person who is attracted to and seeks out sexual partners with a particular quality, usually in a fetishistic manner. Labels: slang Example: At any given time, there are often dozens of people actively posting online ads as “chasers” or “gifters” in San Francisco and elsewhere around the nation .. Though chasers and gifters are active around the world, many see San Francisco as a kind of mecca .. apps like Grindr and Recon, as well as the website Breeding.Zone, where gifters and chasers share advice and stories about their sexual experiences, make it relatively straightforward to meet people who want to be infected with the virus that causes AIDS — or to infect their partners. 14. In the sport of Quidditch or Muggle quidditch, a player responsible for passing the quaffle and scoring goals with it. Labels: Harry-Potter 15. Any dragonfly of family Libellulidae.