Find the word definition

Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
paper chase
noun
EXAMPLES FROM OTHER ENTRIES
▪ She had gotten involved in the paper chase to obtain U.S. citizenship.
EXAMPLES FROM CORPUS
▪ I was asked to do a straight forward paper chase, as we call it, and a few interviews.
WordNet
paper chase

n. an outdoor game; the hares start off on a long run scattering bits of paper (the scent) and the hounds try to catch them before they reach a designated spot [syn: hare and hounds]

Wikipedia
Paper Chase (game)

Paper Chase (also known as Hare and Hounds or Chalk Chase) is a racing game played outdoors (best played within a wood or even a shrubbery maze) with any number of players. At the start of the game, one person is designated the ' hare' and everyone else in the group are the ' hounds'. The 'hare' starts off ahead of everyone else leaving behind themselves a trail of paper shreds (or chalk marks in an urban environment) which represents the scent of the hare. Just as scent is carried on the wind, so too are the bits of paper, sometimes making for a difficult game. After some designated time, the hounds must chase after the hare and attempt to catch them before they reach the ending point of the race. It is generally done over a long distance, but shorter courses can be set. If the hare makes it to the finish line, they get to choose the next hare, or to be the hare themselves. Similarly, the person who catches the hare gets to choose the next hare.

Paper Chase

Paper Chase or Paperchase may refer to:

  • Paper Chase (database), access to Medline
  • Paper Chase (game), a racing game
  • Paperchase, a UK premium stationery retailer operating internationally.
  • The Paper Chase, a 1966 memoir by Hal Porter

Usage examples of "paper chase".

Off a bit, a splendid pack of hounds was held by the huntsman while they debated whether to hold a paper chase or to try a drag hunt.

Cooke had been editor of the Ohio State Journal, a paper Chase had been much involved with.

He followed the attempt that the Volunteers had made to fight their way back towards the Tugela and it was like following a paper chase.

The next investigatory step was a complete paper chase: men capable of making dentures cross-probed against “.

They were piled on top of one another with no more order than the litter in a paper chase.