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# chaser

noun (chaser, chasers)

«chaser» in the English dictionary: everyday — its meanings, how the lessons use it, and examples, each with its tree on Mova.

## Everyday

1. A person or animal who chases someone or something. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/chaser/#m1)
2. A drink taken straight after another, especially a weaker drink after a strong alcoholic one, or a strong one after beer (adults). [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/chaser/#m2)
3. (sport) A horse that races over fences (steeplechaser), or a player in the Harry Potter game Quidditch. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/chaser/#m3)
4. Storm chaser: a person who follows storms to study or film them. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/chaser/#m4)

### In the lessons

In playground games like tag, the chaser tries to catch the others. In science, storm chasers follow tornadoes. In everyday adult life, a chaser is a drink. In stories, a dream chaser is someone who follows their dreams.

### Examples

- In tag, the chaser has to catch everyone. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/chaser/#x1)
- The storm chasers filmed the tornado. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/chaser/#x2)
- My grandad drank water as a chaser. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/chaser/#x3)
- The chaser horse jumped every fence. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/chaser/#x4)
- You be the chaser this time! [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/chaser/#x5)
- Ambulance chasers are lawyers who look for accident victims. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/chaser/#x6)

### Note

From «chase» plus «-er» (a person who does). Countable.

## On Mova

- [Trees and pragmatics of «chaser» in the school dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/chaser/): every meaning and example parsed by Mova, with its dependency tree and frames.
- [«chaser» in the school dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/school/w/chaser.html) on Mova free.