chase
Forms
- Plural
- chases
- present (v1)
- chase
- past (v2)
- chased
- past participle (v3)
- chased
- present participle
- chasing
- 3rd person singular
- chases
Definitions
1.A hunt; the act of hunting; the pursuit of game.
- He was a good shot and passionately fond of the chase, and used to spend many hours in the neighbouring woods after the harts and the wild sows.
2.A large country estate where game may be shot or hunted.
3.The act of one who chases another; a pursuit.
4.A children's game where one player chases another.
- So we played chase up and down the concourses of the airport.
- Some children like to be caught when playing chase, and others do not.
1.To pursue.
- He spends all his free time chasing girls.
- The team are chasing their first home win this season.
- She was the girl, I know that now. But I pushed her away. So, I've spent every day since then chasing Amy… so to speak.
2.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.
- I need something to chase this shot with.
- John ordered quite a few drinks. I think I stopped at four. He kept ordering straight shots of tequila and chasing them with a beer. Then he’d tear off the filter on his cigarette before smoking it.
3.To attempt to win by scoring the required number of runs in the final innings.
- Australia will be chasing 217 for victory on the final day.
4.To swing at a pitch outside of the strike zone, typically an outside pitch.
- Jones chases one out of the zone for strike two.
Frequency
Overall
Uncommon· #2917
By learning goal
- Everyday conversation
- Rare
- General reading & writing
- Uncommon
- Academic
- Rare
- Literature
- Rare
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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”).