Meanings
- pluralplural of chasing
- AustraliauncountableA children's chasing game with multiple players in which one person runs after other players attempting to catch or touch them; a player caught then becomes the new chaser.
‘I’ve heard little ones sing out louder than some twice their size when old Tom and his boys start playing chasings with them.’
1961, Tom Mead, Killers of Eden, Sydney: Angus and Robertson, page 34
Synonyms & antonyms
nounA children's chasing game with multiple players in which one person runs after other players attempting to catch or touch them; a player caught then becomes the new chaser.
Cite this entry
chasings. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/chasings
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