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passing noun
Meaning : (American football) a play that involves one player throwing the ball to a teammate.
Example :
The coach sent in a passing play on third and long.
Synonyms : pass, passing game, passing play
Meaning : The motion of one object relative to another.
Example :
Stellar passings can perturb the orbits of comets.
Synonyms : passage
Meaning : The end of something.
Example :
The passing of winter.
Meaning : A bodily reaction of changing from one place or stage to another.
Example :
The passage of air from the lungs.
The passing of flatus.
Synonyms : passage
Meaning : Going by something that is moving in order to get in front of it.
Example :
She drove but well but her reckless passing of every car on the road frightened me.
Synonyms : overtaking
Meaning : Success in satisfying a test or requirement.
Example :
His future depended on his passing that test.
He got a pass in introductory chemistry.
Synonyms : pass, qualifying
passing adjective
Meaning : Lasting a very short time.
Example :
The ephemeral joys of childhood.
A passing fancy.
Youth's transient beauty.
Love is transitory but it is eternal.
Fugacious blossoms.
Synonyms : ephemeral, fugacious, short-lived, transient, transitory
Meaning : Allowing you to pass (e.g., an examination or inspection) satisfactorily.
Example :
A passing grade.
Meaning : Hasty and without attention to detail. Not thorough.
Example :
A casual (or cursory) inspection failed to reveal the house's structural flaws.
A passing glance.
Perfunctory courtesy.
In his paper, he showed a very superficial understanding of psychoanalytic theory.
Synonyms : casual, cursory, perfunctory, superficial
passing adverb
Meaning : To an extraordinary degree.
Example :
She was a surpassingly beautiful woman.
I will mention only one particular aspect of the current mess because ... this one is surely something new and passing strange.
Synonyms : surpassingly
