chaser
pronunciation
How to pronounce chaser in British English:
UK [ˈtʃeɪsə(r)]
How to pronounce chaser in American English:
US [ˈtʃesɚ]
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- Noun:
- a person who is pursuing and trying to overtake or capture
- a drink to follow immediately after another drink
Word Origin
- chaser (n.)
- c. 1300, "horse trained for chasing," agent noun from chase (v.), probably in some cases from Old French chaceor "huntsman, hunter." Meaning "water or mild beverage taken after a strong drink" is 1897, U.S. colloquial. French had chasse (from chasser "to chase") "a drink of liquor taken (or said to be taken) to kill the aftertaste of coffee or tobacco," used in English from c. 1800.
Example
- 1. Smith doesn 't want to make his son an ambulance chaser .
- 2. Mr. smith doesn 't want to make his son an ambulance chaser .
- 3. So you think the killer was another storm chaser ?
- 4. John cusack unicorn chaser , but really , isn 't any john cusack a unicorn chaser .
- 5. The recipient of the biggest chunk of this money was the sierra nevada corporation , which received $ 20 million to develop the dream chaser .