chaser vs opening

chaser

noun
  • Synonym of prison chaser (“person who guards military prisoners”) 

  • A horse: (originally) a horse used for hunting; (now) a horse trained for steeplechasing, a steeplechaser. 

  • A drink drunk after another of a different kind. 

  • A piece of music, etc. played after a performance while the audience leaves. 

  • A long piece of flexible wire used to draw an electrical cable through a wall cavity. 

  • A chubby chaser. 

  • In the sport of Quidditch or Muggle quidditch, a player responsible for passing the quaffle and scoring goals with it. 

  • A tranny chaser. 

  • A chase gun. 

  • Any dragonfly of family Libellulidae. 

  • One of a series of adjacent light bulbs that cycle on and off to give the illusion of movement. 

  • A person who seeks partners with HIV in order to become infected. 

  • A person or thing (ship, plane, car, etc.) that chases. 

  • One who unhooks chokers from the logs at the landing. 

  • 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. 

  • Someone who chases (decorates) metal; a person who decorates metal by engraving or embossing. 

opening

adj
  • Pertaining to the start or beginning of a series of events. 

  • describing the first period of play, usually up to the fall of the first wicket; describing a batsman who opens the innings or a bowler who opens the attack 

noun
  • The first few measures of a musical composition. 

  • The first performance of a show or play by a particular troupe. 

  • A gap permitting passage through. 

  • The initial period when a show at an art gallery or museum is first opened, especially the first evening. 

  • A vacant position, especially in an array. 

  • An unoccupied employment position. 

  • In mathematical morphology, the dilation of the erosion of a set. 

  • An act or instance of making or becoming open. 

  • A time available in a schedule. 

  • An opportunity, as in a competitive activity. 

  • An act or instance of beginning. 

  • The first few moves in a game. 

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