chaser

«chaser» in Mova's school dictionary: A person or animal who chases someone or something — its meaning for a pupil, its sense in the lessons and examples, with 1 sentence of Mova's corpora that use it.

part of speech

noun (chaser, chasers)

meaning for a pupil

1) A person or animal who chases someone or something. tree →

2) A drink taken straight after another, especially a weaker drink after a strong alcoholic one, or a strong one after beer (adults). tree →

3) (sport) A horse that races over fences (steeplechaser), or a player in the Harry Potter game Quidditch. tree →

4) Storm chaser: a person who follows storms to study or film them. tree →

sense 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 →
• The storm chasers filmed the tornado. tree →
• My grandad drank water as a chaser. tree →
• The chaser horse jumped every fence. tree →
• You be the chaser this time! tree →
• Ambulance chasers are lawyers who look for accident victims. tree →

note

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

In the corpora

• A Border collie called Chaser learned the names of over 1,000 toys.

Trees and pragmatics

Every meaning and example of «chaser» parsed by Mova, each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.