Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun One who passes, in any sense of that word.
- noun A drill used in cutlery to make holes to receive little ornamental studs of gold or silver. It has a stop to prevent the point of the drill from penetrating the handle beyond the required depth.
- noun A gimlet.
- noun A genus of fringilliform or conirostral oscine passerine birds, founded by Brisson in 1760, typically representing the family Fringillidæ, and a representative example of the Oscines or normal Passeres.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- noun One who passes; a passenger.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- noun sports Someone who
passes , someone who makes a pass - noun American football A
football player who makes aforward pass , who may be (but not limited to) thequarterback . - noun archaic One who passes; a
passenger .
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- noun a person who passes by casually or by chance
- noun a student who passes an examination
- noun type genus of the Passeridae
- noun (football) a ball carrier who tries to gain ground by throwing a forward pass
- noun a person who passes as a member of a different ethnic or racial group
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Examples
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The famed passer from the University of Alabama required surgery on a severely damaged right knee 23 days after he signed, and he was so gimpy-legged that fans held their breath every time he went down, but he made it, all right.
AFL memories: Broadway Joe etched league's place in lore 2009
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Needed some LB depth and got it in third round with Philip Wheeler, who can run and rush the passer from the edge.
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Quarterback: Carson Palmer tailed off a little in passer rating (from 101.1 in 2005 to 93.9 last season) and completion percentage (67.8% to 62.3%).
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Ken O'Brien was a solid starter and led the NFL in passer rating in 1985.
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Might be best rushing the passer from the inside because he relies more on power than outside burst.
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A two-time NFL MVP (1989, '90), Montana twice led the NFL in passer rating and was the fifth quarterback ever to throw for 40,000 yards.
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All Pennington did that year was lead the NFL in passer rating.
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Capable of making sharp cuts and shows a good relationship with the quarterback, knowing when to come back to find the seam in the short zone when the passer is flushed out of the pocket looking for secondary targets ...
USATODAY.com 2005
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Must do a better job of reading coverages and maintaining a relationship with the quarterback, as he fails to work his way back when the passer is in trouble.
USATODAY.com 2005
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Although he went on to lead the NFL in passer rating every year from 1991-94 and was the league's Most Valuable Player in 1992, the left-hander would not truly escape from Montana's enormous shadow until Super Bowl XXIX.
USATODAY.com - Discipline: Phifer amazes in Belichick's scheme 2004
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