pase

American  

[pah-sey] / ˈpɑ seɪ /

noun

1. (in bullfighting) a maneuver by a bullfighter with the capa or muleta to gain the attention of the bull and to guide the course of its attack.

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pase British  

/ ˈpɑːseɪ /

noun

1. bullfighting a movement of the cape or muleta by a matador to attract the bull's attention and guide its attack

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Etymology

Origin of pase

1935–40; < Spanish: literally, a pass, noun use of pase let him pass, 3rd person singular present subjunctive of pasar to pass

Example Sentences

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pase

Although the narrator ends his tale with the signature "Freddy Lambert," the key to his identity is,.dropped noisily on pase 371, where he is referred to as Xipe Totec, Our Lord of the Flayed Hide.

From Time Magazine Archive

Even though Chantal kept telling them that “Sak pase? Map boule!” is not French.

From "American Street" by Ibi Zoboi

Ay, look at him, Isabinda, Senior pase vind adelante.

From The Busie Body by Jess Byrd

Than thenglysshe archers stept forthe one pase and lette fly their arowes so hotly and so thycke that it semed snowe.

From The Great Events by Famous Historians, Volume 07 by Rossiter Johnson

Ha, ha, ha! a pase of waint--a wase of paint!

From The Grandissimes by George Washington Cable