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Definition: Chaser |
ChaserNoun1. A person who is pursuing and trying to overtake or capture; "always before he had been able to outwit his pursuers". 2. A drink to follow immediately after another drink. Source: WordNet 1.7.1 Copyright © 2001 by Princeton University. All rights reserved. |
Date "chaser" was first used in popular English literature: sometime before 1610. (references) |
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Industry | A tool for cutting screw threads. Source: European Union. (references) |
Mechanical Engineering | Multi-point flat or round tool for thread cutting. The profile of the cutting edges is related to the thread form to be cut. A lead may be provided if required. Source: European Union. (references) |
Mining | An edge wheel revolving in a trough for crushing asbestos mineral, withoutdestroying the fiber, and for fine crushing of ore. (references) |
Occupations | Directs placement of logs brought to landing by $T3high lead$T1 rig or tractor and unhooks $T3chokers$T1 from logs: Hand signals YARDING ENGINEER (logging) or LOGGING-TRACTOR OPERATOR (forestry; logging; saw. & plan.) where to drop logs on landing for reloading onto logging trucks. Pulls end of choker from bell (sliding fastener) on choker cable to open noose. Signals operator to pull choker free of logs. Cuts knots and limbs from logs, using ax and chain saw. Attaches equipment, such as chokers, lines, blocks, and fire equipment, to outbound rigging as indicated by whistle signals from RIGGING SLINGER (logging). May mark logs [LOG MARKER (logging)]. May be designated Cat Chaser (logging) in tractor logging operations or Water Chaser (logging) when working on floating logs. (references) |
| Finishes, alters, and repairs metal molds used to cast jewelry articles and trophy figurines, using hand carving and engraving tools: Cuts design in mold and files, grinds, and shapes points, surfaces, and contours. Fits halves of molds together to determine if they close tightly. Drills holes in mold to allow gases to escape during casting. Reshapes pouring funnels of molds to facilitate flow of molten metal. Drills holes in mold and attaches handles, using drill press and screwdriver. Forms sample castings in mold and measures casting to verify dimensions. May grind, sharpen, and make tools. (references) | |
| Reproduces decorative designs on items made of silver, gold, platinum, and other metals, from photographs or drawings: Outlines design on surface of article, using handtools. Positions hollowware over snarling tool (forming head) and raises design area, using foot-powered hammer. Strikes small tools with hammer to indent design area. Pours molten pitch into article to serve as foundation. Melts pitch with blowtorch to remove pitch from completed article. Cuts designs in castings of lamp bases and ornamental statuary. (references) | |
Transportation | The vehicle that maneuvers in order to effect a rendezvous with an orbiting object. Source: European Union. (references) |
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | |
Synonym: ChaserSynonym: pursuer (n). (additional references) |
| Context | Synonyms within Context (source: adapted from Roget's Thesaurus). |
Artist | Historical painter, landscape painter, marine painter, flower painter, portrait painter, miniature painter, miniaturist, scene painter, sign painter, coach painter; engraver; Apelles; sculptor, carver, chaser, modeler, figuriste, statuary; Phidias, Praxiteles; Royal Academician. |
| Source: adapted from Roget's Thesaurus. | |
Crosswords: Chaser |
| English words defined with "chaser": Stern chase ♦ tag. (references) |
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Screenplays | Get me a shot of bourbon, and a glass of bourbon, and a bourbon chaser. (The Mummy; writing credit: Stephen Sommers; Lloyd Fonvielle) | |
Movie/TV Titles | Chaser on the Rocks (1965) The Fire Chaser (1954) Lady Chaser (1946) Double Chaser (1942) The Chaser (1938) | |
Song Titles | Rainbow Chaser (performing artist: Nirvana) | |
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | ||
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 | View of the basin from the top of the Headquarters Building, taken by Alton M. Blackinton, Boston, circa 1918. USS Moosehead (ID # 2047) is in the center, with the East Boston ferry at far right. A submarine chaser (SC) and other patrol vessels are also present. Credit: NAVY. |  | Arrives in Boston Harbor, Massachusetts, circa late 1918 or the first part of 1919, while returning the U.S. Army's 102nd Infantry from Europe. She is being escorted by ships and craft of the First Naval District. A submarine chaser is in the center foreground, and USS Machigonne (SP-1043) is at left, wearing a large welcoming sign. Credit: NAVY. |
 | Photograph taken circa 1943. A submarine chaser (SC) is near the island, toward the right, and the bow of USS McCalla (DD-488) is visible at the extreme right. Credit: NAVY. |  | At Argentia, Newfoundland, in July 1944, while serving with a Coast Guard crew on weather reporting duties. A net tender (AN) is at left, with a light-painted submarine chaser (PCE) just forward of Sea Cloud. USS Pontiac (AF-20) is at the extreme right. Credit: NAVY. |
 | The ambulance chaser. Credit: Library of Congress. |  | Production. Submarine chasers. An answer to the U-boats: more subchasers. A husky arc welder has just finished a job on one of the chocks of a chaser at an Eastern boatyard. Marine Construction Company, Stamford, Connecticut. Credit: Library of Congress. |
Source: pictures compiled by the editor from various references; see picture credits. | |||
| "Chaser" is generally used as a noun (singular) -- approximately 100.00% of the time. "Chaser" is used about 89 times out of a sample of 100 million words spoken or written in English. Its rank is based on over 700,000 words used in the English language. Some parts-of-speech are not covered due to the samples used by the British National Corpus. (note: percents less than one-hundredth of one percent have been omitted) |
| Parts of Speech | Percent | Usage per 100 Million Words | Rank in English |
| Noun (singular) | 100% | 89 | 34,931 |
Source: compiled by the editor from several corpora; see credits.
Expressions using "chaser": ambulance chaser ♦ Bow chaser ♦ chaser die ♦ petticoat chaser ♦ skirt chaser ♦ smoke chaser ♦ steeple chaser ♦ stern chaser ♦ woman chaser. Additional references. | |
| Hypenated Usage | |
Ending with "chaser": chubby-chaser, cunt-chaser, ex-chaser, hunter-chaser, rum-chaser, shirt-chaser, silver-chaser, skirt-chaser, steeple-chaser, stern-chaser. | |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | |
| The following statistics estimate the number of searches per day across the major English-language search engines as identified by various trade publications. Hyperlinks lead to commercial use of the expression at Amazon.com. |
| Expression | Frequency per Day | Expression | Frequency per Day |
storm chaser | 1,981 | mole chaser | 18 |
chaser | 505 | chaser through walk | 18 |
battle chaser | 153 | chaser review | 15 |
chubby chaser | 92 | chaser jowood | 15 |
chaser demo | 85 | chaser light | 15 |
chaser cheat | 59 | wind chaser | 13 |
bug chaser | 53 | sun chaser | 13 |
toyota chaser | 48 | chaser mechanical | 12 |
tornado chaser | 44 | chaser neon | 12 |
god chaser | 43 | gay chubby chaser | 12 |
sea chaser boat | 37 | straight no chaser | 12 |
chaser game pc | 36 | chaser cursor | 12 |
chaser truck | 31 | chaser led | 11 |
chaser game | 31 | dog chaser | 10 |
chubs and chaser | 27 | mouse chaser | 10 |
sea chaser | 25 | chaser screenshots | 10 |
chaser pc | 25 | battle chaser pic | 10 |
chaser chub | 23 | chaser demo multiplayer | 10 |
thread chaser | 23 | dream chaser | 9 |
cd chaser key | 21 | chaser trucker | 9 |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | |||
| Language | Translations for "chaser"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses. | |
Albanian | skalitës (carver, engraver, sculptor), pije pasuese, ndjekës (disciple, follower, persecutor, prosecutor, pursuer, tracker), gjahtar (gun, Hunter, huntsman), gdhendës (carver, engraver, etcher, graver, sculptor). (various references) | |
Arabic | نقاش (chasing, explanation, rap, talking), حصان السباق, المنقش أداة للنقش. (various references) | |
Bulgarian | глътка вода след друго питие, женкар (dangler, lothario, rake, rakehell, wolf), преследвач (persecutor, pursuer), плашка, изтребител (exterminator, extirpator, fighter, pursuit plane). (various references) | |
Chinese | 追赶者. (various references) | |
Czech | pronásledovatel (persecutor, pursuer). (various references) | |
Danish | overloeber (chaser die), gevindstaal (chaser die), flerskærs gevindstål, det forfølgende rumfartøj. (various references) | |
Dutch | snijkussen (chaser die), draadstreler (chaser die). (various references) | |
Farsi | مشروبی که بدرقه نوشابه ای باشد, تعاقب کننده , دنبال کننده (Pursuant, Tracker). (various references) | |
Finnish | kierteityskampaterä, kierteityskampa, kampaterä. (various references) | |
French | ciseleur, véhicule poursuivant, planeur, peigne fileter (chaser die), peigne (chimb, chime), outil peigne, graveur sur métaux, filière peignes. (various references) | |
German | verfolger (follower, haunter, haunters, persecutor, pursuer, seeker). (various references) | |
Greek | φιλιέρα (cavity, chaser die, die, jet, matrix, screw-tap, spinneret, spinnerette, tap), θαλαμίσκος-κυνηγός. (various references) | |
Hebrew | משק" קל, מסרק (comb), רו"ף (persecutor, pursuer). (various references) | |
Hungarian | kísérő (ital), hajóágyú, üldöző (persecutor, pursuer). (various references) | |
Italian | cesellatore, pettine per filettare (chaser die), pettine (comb, crest, pecten, scallop), inseguitore (haunter, pursuer). (various references) | |
Japanese Kanji | 軟派 (flirt, moderate party, scam, scope, skirt chaser, soft school). (various references) | |
Japanese Katakana | な"ぱ (flirt, moderate party, scam, scope, shipwreck, skirt chaser, soft school), くせ"てい (submarine chaser), ちょうき"し (a chaser). (various references) | |
Korean | 몰이꾼. (various references) | |
Manx | shelgeyr (hunter, huntsman, shooter, sportsman), eiyreyder (drover, pursuer), clohder (baiter, pursuer). (various references) | |
Pig Latin | aserchay.(various references) | |
Portuguese | contratorpedeiro (destroyer), caçador (hunter, rifleman, sportsman, trapper), veículo interceptor, perseguidor (persecutor, pursuer), pente de roscar (chaser die), opressor (depressor, despot, oppressor, persecutor), gravador a água forte (etcher), ferramenta em forma de pente (clamping jaw, gripping jaw, holding jaw, jaw, work holding jaw), destruidor (demolisher, destroyer, destructive, destructor, fell, hun, impairer, perishing, slaughterous, waster), atormentador (persecutor, tormentor). (various references) | |
Romanian | cizelator (engraver), vânãtor de submarin, vânãtor (gunner, Hunter, huntsman, shooter, stalker), urmãritor (follower, persecutor, pursuer, tracker), gravor în metal, avion de vânãtoare (fighter plane, scout). (various references) | |
Russian | гравер (carver, engraver, etcher), морской охотник, бегун (runner), истребитель (battle-plane, destroyer, exterminator, fighter, pursuit plane). (various references) | |
Serbo-Croatian | piće za ublaženje popijenog alkohola, gonilac (pursuer). (various references) | |
Spanish | perseguidor (haunter, persecutor, pursuer, tracker). (various references) | |
Swedish | ciselör, jagare (destroyer, flying jib), jägare (courser, gun, hunter, huntsman), hinderloppshäst, förkanon, förföljare (persecutor, pursuer, tracker), eftersläckare, drivare (caulker), akterkanon. (various references) | |
Turkish | cila (dope, finish, finishing, glaze, glazing, gloss, luster, lustre, polish, polisher, polishing, rubbing varnish, shine, varnish, veneer, veneering, wax), sert içkinin üzerine içilen hafif içecek, pekiştirme mektubu, kovalayan, keski (billhook, chisel, cutter, cutting nippers, stylet, tool), hovarda (dissolute, gadabout, gay, libertine, licentious, masher, profligate, raffish, rake, rakish, rascal, riotous, rip, spark, sybarite, vagabond, wild), diş açma bıçağı, avcı uçağı (fighter, fighter plane, pursuit plane), avcı gemisi, avcı (birdman, Fowler, gun, Hunter, hunting, huntress, huntsman, shikari, shooter, skirmisher, trapper), çapkın (amorist, debauchee, dissolute, flirt, flirtatious, lecherous, lewd, libertine, licentious, lothario, profligate, rake, rakish, rascal, rip, rogue, roguish, roue, vagabond, varlet, villain, wolf, womanizer). (various references) | |
Ukrainian | суднова гармата, карбувальник (caulker), гравер (carver, engraver, etcher), винищувач (destroyer, exterminator), нарізувач, морський мисливець, переслідувач (baiter, persecutor, pursuer). (various references) | |
Vietnamese | người trổ, người khắc b n ren, người chạm, người đuổi theo (pursuer), ly nước uống sau khi dùng rượu mạnh, dao ren. (various references) | |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various translation references. | ||
Derivations | |
Words beginning with "chaser": chasers. (additional references) | |
Words ending with "chaser": enchaser, purchaser, steeplechaser, subchaser. (additional references) | |
Words containing "chaser": enchasers, purchasers, steeplechasers, subchasers. (additional references) | |
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"Chaser" is suggested in spellcheckers for the following: caeser, casaer, casear, ceaser, Chabert, chacre, Chaisiri, chaleur, chaper, Chasa, chasel, Chasen, chasey, chassel, chasser, chater, chaverim, chazar, chaze, Chazel, Chesler, chezer, Chisler, haser, ichasel, khazar, Khazari, Khizar, phaser, Shamser. (additional references) | |
| Source: compiled by the editor, based on several corpora (additional references). | |
| # of Phoneme Matches | Pronunciation | Word(s) rhyming with "chaser" (pronounced khā"ser) |
| 3 | -ā" s er | bracer, eraser, facer, lacer, pacer, racer, spacer, tracer. |
Source: compiled by the editor (additional references); see credits. | ||
Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams | |
Direct Anagrams: arches, chares, eschar, search. | |
| Words within the letters "a-c-e-h-r-s" | |
-1 letter: aches, acres, cares, carse, chare, chars, chase, crash, escar, hares, hears, races, reach, rheas, scare, serac, share, shear. | |
-2 letters: aces, ache, acre, arch, arcs, ares, arse, care, cars, case, cash, char, each, ears, eras, haes, hare, hear, hers, race, rase, rash, recs, resh, rhea, scar, sear, sera, shea. | |
-3 letters: ace, arc, are, ars. | |
| Words containing the letters "a-c-e-h-r-s" | |
+1 letter: archers, braches, cahiers, cashier, chafers, charges, chasers, chaster, chawers, choreas, clasher, crashed, crasher, crashes, echards, eparchs, eschars, exarchs, hackers, hyraces, larches, marches, mesarch, oraches, parches, rachets, ranches, ratches, reaches, roaches, schmear. | |
+2 letters: archaise, archines, archives, archness, aspheric, batchers, becharms, brachets, branches, breaches, brechams, brechans, broaches, caroches, cashiers, cashmere, catchers, chaffers, chambers, chamfers, champers, chancres, changers, chanters, chapters, charades, charases, chargers, chariest, charleys, charlies, charmers, charnels, charters, chasseur, chatters, chaufers, cheaters, cheddars, chimeras, choleras, chorales, chresard, clashers, coachers, cranches, crashers, cratches, earaches, enchaser, eucharis, hachures, hacklers, hardcase, hatchers, hectares, horsecar, inarches, leachers, machrees, marchers, marchesa, marchese, marchesi, matchers, parchesi, patchers, peachers, poachers, preaches, precrash, purchase, rachides, rachises, ranchers, ratchets, raunches, reachers, recharts, recheats, research, scarphed, schmears, searched, searcher, searches, seraphic, shackler, snatcher, stancher, starched, starches, teachers, theriacs, thoraces, tracheas, trachles, tranches, watchers, whackers, yachters. | |
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