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

Twisters In the 2024 stand-alone sequel to the 1996 blockbuster film starring Helen Hunt and the late Bill Paxton, Twisters follows a new generation of storm chasers who get their hands on the most advanced weather-reading equipment of the modern age. —Catherine Santino, PEOPLE, 6 Sep. 2025

What To Know Shortly after the storms struck, extreme-weather chaser Colin McCarthy shared satellite data on X that showed lightning spread across California. —Anna Skinner, MSNBC Newsweek, 3 Sep. 2025

Hayleigh Evans, who writes about extreme weather for The Republic, had been trying to set up a ride-along with a monsoon storm chaser all summer. —Shaun McKinnon, AZCentral.com, 2 Sep. 2025

Villains and clout-chasers spike in relevance but fade quickly. —Amanda Marcovitch, Forbes.com, 29 Aug. 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