| passing pass qualifying | success in satisfying a test or requirement, his future depended on his passing that test, he got a pass in introductory chemistry |
passing
overtaking | 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 |
pass passing play
passing game
passing | (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 |
| passing shot | a tennis return that passes an opponent who has approached the net |
| token economy | a form of behavior therapy that has been used in some mental institutions, patients are rewarded with tokens for appropriate behavior and the tokens may be cashed in for valued rewards |
| passage passing | a bodily reaction of changing from one place or stage to another, the passage of air from the lungs, the passing of flatus |
keepsake
souvenir
token relic | something of sentimental value |
| love-token | keepsake given as a token of love |
| subway token | a token that is used to pay for entry to the subway system |
| token | a metal or plastic disk that can be redeemed or used in designated slot machines |
| book token | a gift voucher that can be exchanged for books costing up to an amount given on the voucher |
| token | something serving as a sign of something else |
| obiter dictum passing comment | an incidental remark |
token
item | an individual instance of a type of symbol, the word`error' contains three tokens of `r' |
passing note
passing tone | a nonharmonic note inserted for transition between harmonic notes |
| passing | the end of something, the passing of winter |
| passing passage | the motion of one object relative to another, stellar passings can perturb the orbits of comets |
passing
loss departure
exit
expiration
going
release | euphemistic expressions for death, thousands mourned his passing |
| token payment | a small payment made in acknowledgement of an obligation |
| token money | coins of regular issue whose face value is greater than their intrinsic value |
leak
wetting
making water
passing water | a euphemism for urination, he had to take a leak |
casual
cursory
passing(a)
perfunctory | hasty and without attention to detail, not thorough, a casual (or cursory) inspection failed to reveal the house's structural flaws, a passing glance, perfunctory courtesy |
passing(a)
pass(a) | of advancing the ball by throwing it, a team with a good passing attack, a pass play |
nominal
token(a)
tokenish | insignificantly small, a matter of form only (`tokenish' is informal), the fee was nominal, a token gesture of resistance, a toknenish gesture |
ephemeral
passing
short-lived
transient
transitory
fugacious | lasting a very short time, the ephemeral joys of childhood, a passing fancy, youth's transient beauty, love is transitory but it is eternal, fugacious blossoms |
| passing(a) | allowing you to pass (e.g., an examination or inspection) satisfactorily, a passing grade |
extremely
exceedingly
super
passing | to an extreme degree, extremely cold, extremely unpleasant |
in passing
en passant | incidentally, in the course of doing something else, he made this remark in passing |