running or moving rapidly.-now passing, as time; as, the current month.-passing from person to person, or from hand to hand; circulating through the community; generally received; common; as, a current coin; a current report; current history.-commonly estimated or acknowledged.-fitted for general acceptance or circulation; authentic; passable.-a flowing or passing; onward motion. hence: a body of fluid moving continuously in a certain direction; a stream; esp., the swiftest part of it; as, a current of water or of air; that which resembles a stream in motion; as, a current of electricity.-general course; ordinary procedure; progressive and connected movement; as, the current of time, of events, of opinion, etc.