chaser

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noun (1)

chas·​er ˈchā-sər 

1

: one that chases

2

: a drink of a different kind taken immediately after a stronger or weaker one

whiskey with a beer chaser

beer with a whiskey chaser

broadly : something drunk or eaten immediately after something else

… I ask for tea, am handed a pot, and with it a chaser of cranberry juice …

—Walter Teller

chaser

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noun (2)

1

: a skilled worker who produces ornamental chasing

2

: a tool for cutting screw threads

Examples of chaser in a Sentence

Recent Examples on the Web

Noun

The Twister: Caught in the Storm recounts the hours and minutes leading up to the development of the storm on May 22, 2011, from the point of view of different people, including students graduating from Joplin High School and amateur storm chasers. —Lissete Lanuza Sáenz, StyleCaster, 20 Mar. 2025

Reusable water bottles have become status symbols, extensions of our personalities, and sometimes, blatant trend chasers. —Boutayna Chokrane, WIRED, 10 Mar. 2025

What Philly’s ascension and Sunday night’s rout should remind the Dolphins and other chasers is that the fundamentals of football — offensive and defensive lines — are the starting blocks from which everything else emanates. —Greg Cote, Miami Herald, 10 Feb. 2025

This is why people use chasers after taking shots, to distract themselves from the unpleasantness of alcohol’s fire. —Jason O'Bryan, Robb Report, 8 Feb. 2025

Word History

First Known Use

Noun (1)

13th century, in the meaning defined at sense 1

Noun (2)

1707, in the meaning defined at sense 1

Phrases Containing chaser

• ambulance chaser
• stern chaser

Rhymes for chaser

• acer
• baser
• pacer
• racer
• spacer
• tracer
• eraser
• replacer
• radiotracer