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”

euphemistic expressions for death

• “thousands mourned his passing”

the motion of one object relative to another

• “stellar passings can perturb the orbits of comets”

the end of something

• “the passing of winter”

a bodily process of passing from one place or stage to another

• “the passage of air from the lungs”
• “the passing of flatus”

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”

success in satisfying a test or requirement

• “his future depended on his passing that test”
• “he got a pass in introductory chemistry”

enduring a very short time

• “the ephemeral joys of childhood”
• “a passing fancy”
• “youth”
• “;”
• “;”

of advancing the ball by throwing it

• “a team with a good passing attack”
• “a pass play”

allowing you to pass (e.g., an examination or inspection) satisfactorily

• “a passing grade”

hasty and without attention to detail; not thorough

• “a casual (or cursory) inspection failed to reveal the house”
• “;”
• “;”

to an extreme degree or extent

• “his eyesight was exceedingly defective”