passer

[US]/'pɑːsə/
[UK]/'pæsɚ/
Frequency: Very High

Translation

n.traveler
one who passes an exam
pedestrian

Phrases & Collocations

passer-by

boarder passer

season passers

Example Sentences

impassive passers-by ignore the performers.

he's a good passer of the ball.

a passer-by rubbernecking at the accident scene.

The cranker-worms upon the passers-by,

Passers-by would slip the beggar some change as they passed.

Several passers-by were killed in the ambush.

doormen bark at passers-by, promising hot girls and cold beer.

passers-by grappled with the man after the knife attack.

a high hedge screened all of the front from passers-by.

roughed the passer and was ejected from the game.

They stood there, giving out the leaflets to the passers-by.

A passer-by called the emergency services (= the ambulance/fire/police services).

she climbed into her sports car to the gapes of passers-by.

Real-world Examples

LeBron is a little bit better passer than Michael Jordan was.

Source: Connection Magazine

She always watches the passers-by with a pair of binoculars.

Source: New Concept English: Vocabulary On-the-Go, Book 2.

The longest one in existence is the passer rating.

Source: Connection Magazine

In the lonely lane there is no passer-by, the wind is up, the ripples are rampant in the river.

Source: Selected Poems of Tagore

He's the third highest rated passer.

Source: Fantasy Football Player

I mean, it was perfect passer rating.

Source: Fantasy Football Player

'No; unless a chance passer may happen to be'.

Source: A pair of blue eyes (Part 2)

His shoe size is 20 and Ollie's reportedly a strong passer and three-point shooter making him a quadruple threat on his Florida team.

Source: CNN 10 Student English February 2022 Collection

The last two games Jordan loves passer rating was 66 and 69. He took six sacks.

Source: Fantasy Football Player

Laurie burst out with a hearty boy's laugh, which made several passers-by smile in spite of themselves.

Source: "Little Women" original version

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