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chase

Pronunciation: /t͡ʃeɪs/

The English word “chase” has 20 meanings listed here.

noun

  1. The act of one who chases another; a pursuit.
  2. A hunt; the act of hunting; the pursuit of game.
  3. A children's game where one player chases another.
  4. A large country estate where game may be shot or hunted.
  5. Anything being chased, especially a vessel in time of war.
  6. A wild animal that is hunted.
  7. Any of the guns that fire directly ahead or astern; either a bow chase or stern chase.
  8. 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.
  9. 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.
  10. One or more riders who are ahead of the peloton and trying to join the race or stage leaders.
  11. A series of brief improvised jazz solos by a number of musicians taking turns.

verb

  1. To follow at speed.
  2. To hunt.
  3. To seek to attain.
  4. To persistently pursue someone as a sexual or romantic partner.
  5. To pursue a vessel in order to destroy, capture or interrogate her.
  6. To consume another beverage immediately after drinking hard liquor, typically something better tasting or less harsh such as soda or beer; to use a drink as a chaser.
  7. To attempt to win by scoring the required number of runs in the final innings.
  8. To swing at a pitch outside of the strike zone, typically an outside pitch.
  9. To produce enough offense to cause the pitcher to be removed.

Etymology

From Middle English chacen, from Anglo-Norman chacer, Old French chacier, from Vulgar Latin *captiāre, from Latin captāre, frequentative of capere. Compare French chasser (“to hunt”, “to chase”), Spanish cazar (“to hunt”), Portuguese caçar (“to hunt”) , see Norwegian skysse (“to hunt”). Doublet of catch and related to capture. Displaced native Old English ōht, ēhtnes, and wāþ. Broadly overtook…

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