chaser

UK: /ˈtʃeɪsə^r/ US: /ˈtʃeɪsɚ/ ,(chā′sər)

WordReference Random House Learner's Dictionary of American English © 2025

chas•er¹ /ˈtʃeɪsɚ/   n. [countable]

1. a person or thing that chases or pursues.
2. a milder beverage taken after a strong drink of liquor:
   whiskey with a beer chaser.

WordReference Random House Unabridged Dictionary of American English © 2025

chas•er¹  (chā′sər), n. 

1. a person or thing that chases or pursues.
2. a drink of a milder beverage taken after a drink of liquor.
3. Military Also called chase′ gun′. (on a vessel) a gun esp. for use when in chase or when being chased.
4. a hunter.
5. Show Business [Theat.]
   • British Terms [Chiefly Brit.] the final act or musical number of a vaudeville or variety show.
   • the music played as the audience leaves a theater.

• 1250–1300; Middle English; see chase¹, -er¹

chas•er²  (chā′sər), n. 

1. Building a tool with multiple teeth for cutting screw threads.

• chase² + -er¹ 1700–10

chas•er³  (chā′sər), n. 

1. a person who engraves metal.

• chase³ + -er¹ 1700–10

Collins Concise English Dictionary © HarperCollins Publishers::

chaser / ˈtʃeɪsə/ noun

1. a person or thing that chases
2. a drink drunk after another of a different kind, as beer after spirits