(politics) The first chain of major archipelagos out from the East Asian continental mainland coast. Principally composed of the Kuril Islands, Japanese Archipelago, Ryu Kyu Islands, Taiwan, the northern Philippines, and Borneo; from the Kamchatka Peninsula to the Malay Peninsula.

Alternative form of netted chainfern

(idiomatic) To tease someone; to lead someone on; to goad someone into overreacting. / Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see yank, chain.

present participle of yank someone's chain

Third-person singular simple present indicative form of yank someone's chain

simple past tense and past participle of yank someone's chain

Synonym of rattle someone's cage

plural of chain-of-responsibility pattern

(computing) A behavioural design pattern that consists of a source of command objects and a series of processing objects.

ability of parts, components or products in transit to be tracked from the manufacturer to their final destination