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 |
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 |
obiter dictum passing comment | an incidental remark |
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 |
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 |
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 |