(n.) One who or that which chases; a pursuer; a driver; a hunter.
(n.) Same as Chase gun, esp. in terms bow chaser and stern chaser. See under Bow, Stern.
(n.) One who chases or engraves. See 5th Chase, and Enchase.
(n.) A tool with several points, used for cutting or finishing screw threads, either external or internal, on work revolving in a lathe.
Example Sentences:
(1) High tension and high stakes coursed through this meeting of top four chasers versus relegation facers and it was to QPR’s credit that they attacked their predicament – and Arsenal – head on.
(2) No differences were found in the typical daily doses prior to entering treatment between chasers and injectors.
(3) The eccentric, gonzo-ish path that Vice has chosen to pursue instead has itself come in for sharp criticism from detractors among those he belittles as football-chasers.
(4) Under Paul's leadership – not Sterling's – the Clippers predictably became a top-three team in the Western Conference, re-signing Griffin, luring Rivers, and attracting a bevy of the usual ring chasers.
(5) And I’m sure, if they weren’t afraid of a total economic meltdown, they would have closed the internet totally.” • The 16th inaugural Chaser Lecture is at Sydney Town Hall on 9 November
(6) Shark Chaser of World War II, a useful psychological crutch for the times, has been deemed inefficacious, and its procurement has been cancelled.
(7) "Banks are now much more likely to turn you down if you are deemed to be a rate chaser.
(8) Three-step pretargeted immunoscintigraphy (binder, chaser, tracer) with 111In- or 67Ga-Co(III) Janus produced excellent mouse tumor images in 3 hr with high tumor-to-background ratios.
(9) And some punctured bravado Before kick-off, Mourinho said Chelsea were different to other title-chasers, who might fancy being knocked out so they could focus on the league.
(10) However, even with a water chaser of 120 mL, pill entrapment occurred at the second segment of the esophagus in 1 of 18 volunteers.
(11) Your mates in the pub will now have turned to chasers and cigars.
(12) Forbes, 57, is a "wheat chaser", focused on saving ancient varieties from extinction and, where possible, bringing them back into circulation.
(13) Since almost any pill may produce oesophageal lesions, care has to be taken that tablets, capsules and other pills are always taken in an upright position together with a fluid chaser of at least 120 ml.
(14) The 41-year-old is in Sydney this week to deliver the Chaser lecture.
(15) "I think of myself not just as a dreamer, but as a dream chaser," she said.
(16) Water drinking occurred at negligible levels except by one monkey at 16 and 32% who followed ethanol drinking bouts by water bouts (chasers) in a manner similar to that reported in other studies.
(17) He had a fat bruise.” On the same street on Tuesday morning were the remains of a Triple Chaser-branded CS gas canister and empty magazines for 60 Cal.
(18) The N-1-beta-D-ribofuranosyl-indazole-3'5'-cyclophosphate(I) proved a very poor chaser and activator of both isoenzymes, but when indazole was attached at its N-2 to ribose (IV) or when its H at C-4 (equivalent to the position of amino-group in adenine) was substituted by an amino-(III) or especially nitro-group (II) its efficiency was dramatically increased.
(19) We conclude that the esophageal transit time of a gelatin capsule is related to the volume of fluid chaser.
(20) The remains of “triple chaser” grenades have been found on the streets.
Tap
Definition:
(v. t.) To strike with a slight or gentle blow; to touch gently; to rap lightly; to pat; as, to tap one with the hand or a cane.
(v. t.) To put a new sole or heel on; as, to tap shoes.
(n.) A gentle or slight blow; a light rap; a pat.
(n.) A piece of leather fastened upon the bottom of a boot or shoe in repairing or renewing the sole or heel.
(n.) A signal, by drum or trumpet, for extinguishing all lights in soldiers' quarters and retiring to bed, -- usually given about a quarter of an hour after tattoo.
(v. i.) To strike a gentle blow.
(n.) A hole or pipe through which liquor is drawn.
(n.) A plug or spile for stopping a hole pierced in a cask, or the like; a faucet.
(n.) Liquor drawn through a tap; hence, a certain kind or quality of liquor; as, a liquor of the same tap.
(n.) A place where liquor is drawn for drinking; a taproom; a bar.
(n.) A tool for forming an internal screw, as in a nut, consisting of a hardened steel male screw grooved longitudinally so as to have cutting edges.
(v. t.) To pierce so as to let out, or draw off, a fluid; as, to tap a cask, a tree, a tumor, etc.
(v. t.) Hence, to draw from (anything) in any analogous way; as, to tap telegraph wires for the purpose of intercepting information; to tap the treasury.
(v. t.) To draw, or cause to flow, by piercing.
(v. t.) To form an internal screw in (anything) by means of a tool called a tap; as, to tap a nut.
Example Sentences:
(1) Tap the relevant details into Google, though, and the real names soon appear before your eyes: the boss in question, stern and yet oddly quixotic, is Phyllis Westberg of Harold Ober Associates.
(2) A time course study using serially tapped guinea pig peritoneal cells is described.
(3) In the UK the twin threat of Ukip and the BNP tap into similar veins of discontent as their counterparts across the English channel.
(4) If you worship money and things - if they are where you tap real meaning in life - then you will never have enough.
(5) In order to clarify the development of mandibular movements associated with growth and development of the stomatognathic system, we compared the mandibular movements of children with normal occlusion at different Hellman's dental age between IIA and IIIB, during tooth tapping movements using the following 7 different kinds of frequency; ad lib.
(6) We examined the MLS, a motor performance test, in an extended form including assessment of "tapping" regularity for its practicability in therapy control of Parkinson's disease.
(7) We conclude that routine use of Golytely is preferable to methods involving catharsis and standard tap water enemas for barium enema examination, on the grounds that it is equally effective, yet more convenient for patients and for the radiology department, and reduces total costs.
(8) The surgical treatment was initiated with percutaneous subdural tapping which was repeated periodically, if indicated, for 2 weeks.
(9) The onset of tolerance to morphine analgesia was studied in 34 female Wistar rats immediately after they drank a dextrose-saccharin cocktail or tap water for 6 or 24 hours.
(10) Painless recovery of radiopaque substances after positive contrast myelography is often difficult, especially if the initial spinal tap is not made precisely in the midline.
(11) It’s about state sovereignty.” The BLM’s retreat vindicated his stance, he said, tapping a copy of the US constitution which he keeps in a breast pocket.
(12) Never leave a tap dripping - it can waste up to four litres a day.
(13) His balancing pole swayed uncontrollably, nearly tapping the sides of his feet.
(14) The power users and early adopters of these apps, the ones you're most likely to see tapping their thumbs over a tiny screen, are under 25.
(15) Der Spiegel magazine reported on Friday that Germany’s bid committee had tapped into a slush fund of €6.7m to buy votes at world football’s governing body Fifa.
(16) Past studies have shown that in normal non-depleted cats, somatosensory stimuli (forepaw tap) evoke both complex and simple spike responses.
(17) Citing information gathered from "intelligence services, witnesses and phone taps" he named the Liberal Democratic party of Russia (LDPR), an ultra-nationalist party in Russia's Duma.
(18) Dortmund seemed certain to score after Reus and Grosskreutz swapped passes on the edge of the area and Reuz tapped the ball into the path of Gundogan, charging in to meet it five yards out.
(19) While you can buy commercial formulations, I have always found that tap water, a cup of strong black tea, and some lemon juice provide enough nutrients for a lovely fermentation.
(20) This study investigates the mechanism of activation via the TAP molecule.