1. To go through multiple levels of indirection, as in traversing a linked list or graph structure.Used especially by programmers in C, where explicit pointers are a very common data type.See dangling pointer and snap.2. (Cambridge) "pointer chase" or "pointer hunt": The process of going through a core dump, interactively or on a large piece of paper printed with hexrunes, following dynamic data-structures.Used only in debugging.[Jargon File](1995-05-11)