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What is the noun for chasing?

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chaser
  1. A person or thing (ship, plane, car, etc.) that chases. [from 14th c.]
  2. Originally, a horse used for hunting; now, a horse trained for steeplechasing, a steeplechaser. [from 14th c.]
  3. (archaic) A hunter. [from 15th c.]
  4. Someone who chases metal; a person who decorates metal by engraving or embossing. [from 18th c.]
  5. 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. [from 19th c.]
  6. A mild drink consumed immediately after a drink of hard liquor. [from 19th c.]
  7. (Israel) A shot of hard liquor.
  8. (logging, obsolete) Someone that follows logs out of the forest in order to signal a yarder engineer to stop them if they become fouled - also called a frogger.
  9. (logging) one who unhooks chokers from the logs at the landing.
  10. One of a series of adjacent light bulbs that cycle on and off to give the illusion of movement.
  11. (nautical) A chase gun.
  12. Synonyms:
      13. hunter, pursuer, follower, tail, shadow, trailer, seeker, searcher, explorer, coveter, tracker, quester, striver, catcher, it, bounty hunter, private detective, private eye, private investigator, stalker, sleuth, gumshoe, prowler, lurker, Peeping Tom … more
  13. Examples:
      14. “How should the target move to evade the chaser? These are difficult questions that merit further study and more sophisticated mathematical models.”
      “And he has subsequently blossomed into an even more outstanding young chaser.”
      “Given the right setting, a chunk of caramelly aged Gouda might welcome a chaser of dark chocolate.”
chase
  1. The act of one who chases another; a pursuit.
  2. A hunt.
  3. (uncountable) A children's game where one player chases another.
  4. (Britain) A large country estate where game may be shot or hunted.
  5. Anything being chased, especially a vessel in time of war.
  6. (nautical) Any of the guns that fire directly ahead or astern; either a bow chase or stern chase.
  7. (real tennis) The occurrence of a second bounce by the ball in certain areas of the court, giving the server the chance, later in the game, to "play off" the chase from the receiving end and possibly win the point.
  8. (real tennis) A division of the floor of a gallery, marked by a figure or otherwise; the spot where a ball falls, and between which and the dedans the adversary must drive the ball in order to gain a point.
  9. (cycling) One or more riders who are ahead of the peloton and trying to join the race or stage leaders.
  10. Synonyms:
      11. pursuing, trailing, tracking, tailing, chasing, hounding, dogging, pursuit, tagging, shadowing, following, trail, course, coursing, race, tracing, observation, investigation, stakeout, scrutiny, surveillance, reconnaissance, hunt, hunting, stalking, search, venery, quest, hunting down, pursuance, pursual, seeking, stalk, striving, push … more
  11. Examples:
      12. “The robbers were scarcely out of sight before the Northfield men were running for their guns and horses to join in the chase of the robbers.”
      “It's an endless chase of the elusive all-encompassing, perfect accounting standard.”
      “Hold, Warwick, seek thee out some other chase, for I myself must hunt this deer to death.”
chase
  1. A groove cut in an object; a slot: the chase for the quarrel on a crossbow.
  2. (architecture) A trench or channel or other encasement structure for encasing (archaically spelled enchasing) drainpipes or wiring; a hollow space in the wall of a building encasing ventilation ducts, chimney flues, wires, cables or plumbing.
  3. The part of a gun in front of the trunnions.
  4. The cavity of a mold.
  5. (shipbuilding) A kind of joint by which an overlap joint is changed to a flush joint by means of a gradually deepening rabbet, as at the ends of clinker-built boats.
  6. Synonyms:
      7. pursuing, trailing, tracking, tailing, chasing, hounding, dogging, pursuit, tagging, shadowing, following, trail, course, coursing, race, tracing, observation, investigation, stakeout, scrutiny, surveillance, reconnaissance, hunt, hunting, stalking, search, venery, quest, hunting down, pursuance, pursual, seeking, stalk, striving, push … more
  7. Examples:
      8. “The robbers were scarcely out of sight before the Northfield men were running for their guns and horses to join in the chase of the robbers.”
      “It's an endless chase of the elusive all-encompassing, perfect accounting standard.”
      “Hold, Warwick, seek thee out some other chase, for I myself must hunt this deer to death.”
chase
  1. (printing) A rectangular steel or iron frame into which pages or columns of type are locked for printing or plate-making.
  2. Synonyms:
      3. pursuing, trailing, tracking, tailing, chasing, hounding, dogging, pursuit, tagging, shadowing, following, trail, course, coursing, race, tracing, observation, investigation, stakeout, scrutiny, surveillance, reconnaissance, hunt, hunting, stalking, search, venery, quest, hunting down, pursuance, pursual, seeking, stalk, striving, push … more
  3. Examples:
      4. “The robbers were scarcely out of sight before the Northfield men were running for their guns and horses to join in the chase of the robbers.”
      “It's an endless chase of the elusive all-encompassing, perfect accounting standard.”
      “Hold, Warwick, seek thee out some other chase, for I myself must hunt this deer to death.”
chasee
  1. One who is chased.
chasing
  1. Engraved or embossed decoration.
  2. Synonyms:
      3. chase, pursuing, trailing, tracking, tailing, pursuit, hounding, dogging, tagging, shadowing, following, tracing, trail, hunt, coursing, course, race, pursuance, pursual, stalking, seeking, search, hunting, observation, investigation, quest, stakeout, scrutiny, surveillance, reconnaissance, stalk, venery, hunting down, striving, push, manhunt, going all out, dragnet, tracking operation, all points bulletin … more
  3. Examples:
      4. “No shots were fired, and nobody was injured during the armed robbery or the chasing of the suspects.”
chasings
  1. plural of chasing
  2. Synonyms:
      3. chases, pursuings, trailings, trackings, tailings, pursuit, houndings, doggings, taggings, shadowings, followings, tracings, trails, coursing, courses, race, stakeouts, scrutiny, surveillance, observation, investigation, reconnaissance, pursuance, stalking, pursuals, hunting, searches, seekings, quests, hunts, stalks, veneries … more
chasers
  1. plural of chaser
  2. Synonyms:
      3. hunters, pursuers, followers, shadows, trailers, searchers, seekers, explorers, trackers, coveters, questers, strivers, catchers, private detectives, private eyes, private investigators, bounty hunters, stalkers, lurkers, sleuths, prowlers, gumshoes, tipples, alcohol, liquor, booze, drink, grog, intoxicants, moonshine, inebriants, potables, bottles, hooches, juice, rum, firewater, lushes, sauce, stimulants, beverages, snifters, libations, draft, draught, swills, bracers, poison, tinctures, aquae vitae … more
  3. Examples:
      4. “It's a heavyweight clash of the two-mile champion chasers at Sandown tomorrow when the two go head to head in the trophy competition.”
      “Mark Sertori admits he has a point to prove tonight as York City go head to head with his new club and play-off chasers Cheltenham Town.”
      “Third-place chasers Goole are at full strength for their match although manager Paul Marshall is still on the lookout for some new faces.”
chasees
  1. plural of chasee
chases
  1. plural of chase
  2. Synonyms:
      3. pursuings, trailings, trackings, tailings, chasings, houndings, doggings, pursuit, taggings, shadowings, followings, trails, courses, coursing, race, tracings, stakeouts, observation, scrutiny, investigation, surveillance, reconnaissance, hunts, hunting, stalking, searches, veneries, quests, pursuance, field sports, pursuals, seekings, stalks, strivings, pushes … more
  3. Examples:
      4. “Similarly the number of calls to police helplines meant that, however well intentioned, the search was sent off on several wild goose chases.”
      “In July 1997, we quantified only chases directed at other fish because this was the most prevalent agonistic behavior we observed.”
      “Other journalists were sent on wild goose chases across Newport to non-existent accreditation offices.”
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