The Australian word for the playground game of tag — one person is 'it' and everyone else runs for their life.
The Australian word for the playground game of tag — one person is 'it' and everyone else runs for their life. Chasey is pure childhood, requiring zero equipment and generating maximum chaos. While the rest of the world calls it tag or 'it', Australians gave it their own spin, and the word perfectly captures the frantic, giggly energy of being chased across a schoolyard.
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(Australia, playground game, uncountable) tag (a popular children's chasing game).
(Australia) A 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.
(Australia, North Island, _, New Zealand) The children′s game tag.
(card games) A card game in which players try to avoid holding the lowest card, aces counting low.
The kids spent all of lunch playing chasey and came back to class completely out of breath.
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(AU) tag (the children's game).
Chasey means: tag (the children's game).. There is no real cause for parental concern; it is descriptive vocabulary rather than risky behaviour. If your teen uses it, context will usually make the intent clear. A short, curious question about where they heard it is usually all that is needed to know whether to follow up. For most families this word will pass by without incident; it is more a vocabulary curiosity than a parenting concern.
chasey means: tag (the children's game).. Register: neutral, standard English. A common learner mistake is using the word in a register it does not fit, or assuming a single global meaning; native speakers immediately notice when slang appears in formal contexts, so always check the surrounding register before producing it yourself. A formal-English equivalent (a synonym or descriptive phrase) is usually safer in writing. When in doubt, paraphrase rather than reuse the slang form.
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