chaser

noun19

1. •
   Something or someone who chases.

   • One student is the chaser and the other is the chasee. Give the chasee three seconds to get away and then allow the chaser to attempt to tag the chasee. — 2007
2. •
   A drink consumed after another of a different kind.

   • Cowboys in high-heeled boots teeter along its sidewalks, or push the swinging doors aside for a shot or two—straight, no chaser. — 1947
3. •
   (slang, disapproving) A person who is attracted to and seeks out sexual partners with a particular quality, usually in a fetishistic manner.
4. •
   (slang) A chaser of transgender people; a tranny chaser.

   • These types despise TGentlemen and insist that any man who is interested in TGirls is automatically a troll, a chaser, or just a gay man in denial. — 2016
5. •
   (slang) A chaser of overweight or obese people; a chubby chaser.
6. •
   (slang) A person who seeks partners with HIV in order to become infected.
7. •
   A horse trained for steeplechasing; a steeplechaser.

   • "[I]t looked like The Fellow was the best steeplechaser in many years. He'd earned the best speed rating I'd ever given a chaser." — 2002
8. •
   In the sport of Quidditch or Muggle quidditch, a player responsible for passing the quaffle and scoring goals with it.
9. •
   A chase gun.
10. •
    One of a series of adjacent light bulbs that cycle on and off to give the illusion of movement.
11. •
    Any dragonfly of family Libellulidae.
12. •
    Someone who chases (decorates) metal; a person who decorates metal by engraving or embossing.
13. •
    A tool used for cleaning out screw threads, either as an integral part of a tap or die to remove waste material produced by the cutting tool, or as a separate tool to repair damaged threads.

    • In Fig. i is shown one of the chasers in the position which it occupies in cutting a thread. — 1894
14. •
    A long piece of flexible wire used to draw an electrical cable through a wall cavity.
15. •
    One who unhooks chokers from the logs at the landing.

    • "The rigging slinger hooks the chokers to the main line, the chaser unhooks them at the spar tree." — 1956
16. •
    A person who guards military prisoners on fatigue duty; a prison guard.
17. •
    (no longer used) A hunter (a horse bred and trained for use in hunting).
18. •
    (no longer used) Someone who follows logs out of the forest in order to signal a yarder engineer to stop them if they become fouled

    • "A chaser follows the logs to the landing, often riding in a rigging sled hollowed out of a log, which is attached to the rear log. The chaser can signal to the road engineer at any point..." — 1913
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    (slang, no longer used) A piece of music played after a performance while the audience leaves.

    • After the final curtain the orchestra played a "chaser" which was music played while the audience members not remaining for the after-show concert left the theatre. — 1969