[
US
/ˈpæsɝ/
]
[ UK /pˈɑːsɐ/ ]
[ UK /pˈɑːsɐ/ ]
NOUN
- a person who passes as a member of a different ethnic or racial group
- (football) a ball carrier who tries to gain ground by throwing a forward pass
- a student who passes an examination
- a person who passes by casually or by chance
How To Use passer In A Sentence
- Following the sound, Silk found himself among the sellers he sought Hobbled deer reared and plunged, their soft brown eyes wild with fright; a huge snake lifted its flat, malevolent head, hissing like a kettle on the stove; live salmon gasped and splashed in murky, glass-fronted tanks; pigs grunted, lambs baaed, chickens squawked, and milling goats eyed passersby with curiosity and sharp suspicion. Nightside The Long Sun
- The visual system of most bird species, including all passerine birds tested to date, is sensitive to UV wavelengths.
- It should prove highly convenient for many local people and indeed passers-by.
- We felt quite at ease as the naturist section was a good distance from the main 'textile' beach and as a result there were very few passers by.
- There is even an evolving language of street markings that uses chalked symbols to alert passers-by to a WiFi network nearby.
- In fact, the e-cigs are so realistic-looking, that, when I vaped one in public, a passerby or two admonished me on how bad smoking was for my health!
- Aside from a few bemused looks from passers-by and a few words with the police, nothing untoward happened.
- Several studies have shown that yearling passerines are more frequently cuckolded by older males than vice versa.
- In 7th century India members of the Thug cult would ritually strangle passers-by as sacrifices to the Hindu deity, Kali.
- Parlez-vous français, mesdemoiselles!" cried madame, and we filed out into the dusty street, at the corner of which sat another of our visible tokens of the coming of the season of flowers; a dirty, shriveled old Irishwoman, full of benedictions and beggary, who, all through the summer, sold "posies" to the passers-by. Six to Sixteen: A Story for Girls