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paperchase

paperchase noun: a cross-country race in which a trail of shredded paper marks the route.

Noun

paperchase (plural paperchases)

  1. A cross-country race in which a trail of shredded paper marks the route.
  2. (broadly) An administration process involving cross-references between many documents; the following of a paper trail.
  3. (figuratively) Any long line of white objects or things.
    • He lit his first cigarette, a Balkan and Turkish mixture made for him by Morlands of Grosvenor Street, and watched the small Waves lick the long seashore and the fishing-fleet from Dieppe string out towards the June heat-haze followed by a paper-chase of herring-gulls.1953, Ian Fleming, “L’Ennemi Écoute”, in Casino Royale, London: Pan Books, published 1955, page 28

Forms of paperchase

pluralpaperchases
alternative formpaper chase
alternative formpaper-chase

Origin of paperchase

From paper + chase.

Questions about paperchase

What does paperchase mean?
Paperchase means a cross-country race in which a trail of shredded paper marks the route.
What part of speech is paperchase?
Paperchase is a noun.
What is the plural of paperchase?
The plural of paperchase is paperchases.

Words near paperchase in the dictionary

  1. paperboy
  2. paperboys
  3. paperbush
  4. paperchain
  5. paperchains
  6. paperchase
  7. paperchases
  8. paperchip
  9. paperchips
  10. paperclay
  11. paperclip

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