гоня́ться — meaning in English

English meaning

• chase verb To run after someone or something in order to catch them.
• shag noun A tangled or shaggy mass of hair or fibres, or a thick, rough carpet pile.

Senses

гоня́ться is used for these senses in English:

• chase (transitive, baseball) To produce enough offense to cause the pitcher to be removed.
• shag To chase after; especially, to chase after and return (a ball) hit usually out of play.

chase — full definition

1. verb To run after someone or something in order to catch them.
2. verb To pursue a goal, opportunity, or ambition persistently.
3. noun An act of pursuing someone or something, especially at speed.
4. verb To drink something mild right after a strong alcoholic drink.

shag — full definition

1. noun A tangled or shaggy mass of hair or fibres, or a thick, rough carpet pile.
2. noun Coarse, shredded tobacco.
3. noun A cormorant-like seabird found along European coasts (Phalacrocorax aristotelis).
4. verb To have sex with someone (crude slang).

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