Passing

adjective

'pæsɪŋ

Adjective

lasting a very short time
“a passing fancy”
Similar:EphemeralFugaciousShort-livedTransient Transitory
hasty and without attention to detail; not thorough
“a passing glance”
Similar:Casual Cursory Perfunctory Superficial
of advancing the ball by throwing it
“a team with a good passing attack”
Similar:Pass
allowing you to pass (e.g., an examination or inspection) satisfactorily
“a passing grade”

a bodily reaction of changing from one place or stage to another
“the passing of flatus”
Similar:Passage
Type of:ResponseReaction
success in satisfying a test or requirement
“his future depended on his passing that test”
Similar:PassQualifying
Type of:Success
going by something that is moving in order to get in front of it
“she drove but well but her reckless passing of every car on the road frightened me”
Similar:Overtaking
Type of:Reordering
euphemistic expressions for death
“thousands mourned his passing”
Similar:Departure Exit Expiration Going Loss
Type of:DeceaseExpiryDeath
the motion of one object relative to another
“stellar passings can perturb the orbits of comets”
Similar:Passage
Type of:MotionMovement
(American football) a play that involves one player throwing the ball to a teammate
“the coach sent in a passing play on third and long”
Similar:Pass
the end of something
“the passing of winter”
Type of:LastEnd

to an extraordinary degree
“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”
Similar:Surpassingly