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
Walter Teller 1
: a skilled worker who produces ornamental chasing
2
: a tool for cutting screw threads
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Harry De Cosemo, Forbes.com, 16 July 2025
In one, a storm chaser (played by Taylor Benton, who chases tornadoes and cyclones in real life) tries to get closer to the approaching tropical cyclone.
—Lovia Gyarkye, HollywoodReporter, 16 July 2025
Totality will be experienced at the 17th-century Parador de Lerma, directly on the centerline, with astronomy talks and guided viewing from veteran astronomer and eclipse chaser Alex Filippenko, a professor of astronomy at the University of California, Berkeley.
—Jamie Carter, Space.com, 4 July 2025
The two became best friends and storm chaser partners everyday since, rain or shine.
—Anthony Robledo, USA Today, 3 July 2025
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Alexander Isak is arguably the best striker in Europe and clubs were always likely to try and sign him; Liverpool developed into the most likely chasers in the spring and has finally shown its hand, making contact over a potential British record £120m ($161m) move for the Sweden striker.
—Harry De Cosemo, Forbes.com, 16 July 2025
In one, a storm chaser (played by Taylor Benton, who chases tornadoes and cyclones in real life) tries to get closer to the approaching tropical cyclone.
—Lovia Gyarkye, HollywoodReporter, 16 July 2025
Totality will be experienced at the 17th-century Parador de Lerma, directly on the centerline, with astronomy talks and guided viewing from veteran astronomer and eclipse chaser Alex Filippenko, a professor of astronomy at the University of California, Berkeley.
—Jamie Carter, Space.com, 4 July 2025
The two became best friends and storm chaser partners everyday since, rain or shine.
—Anthony Robledo, USA Today, 3 July 2025
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“Chaser.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/chaser. Accessed 22 Jul. 2025.
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