26984 words

chaser

5 definitions • 9 examples
1

Examples:

beer with a whisky chaser
2
a drink with little or no alcohol in it that is drunk after a small strong alcoholic drink:

Examples:

whisky with a beer chaser
tequila with a grapefruit-juice chaser
3
a person who follows and tries to catch someone, or follows and tries to experience something, for example an extreme weather event:

Examples:

He sped away from his rivals in the last kilometre, with the main group of chasers arriving at the finish four minutes after him.
"Twister" was a 1996 film about tornado chasers.
4
a person, group of people, etc. that is trying to get, win, or achieve something:

Examples:

My warning for today's fame chasers is that overnight success doesn't usually last.
Promotion chasers Walsall were probably surprised to be beaten by Hereford.
5
a horse that runs in steeplechases (= long races that involve jumping over fences, bushes, etc.):

Examples:

First Gold was at that time the highest-rated chaser in the country.
The horse was one of last season's top two-mile chasers.

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