of advancing the ball by throwing it; a team with a good passing attack; a pass play

[ Syn: pass ]

(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

[ Syn: pass , passing play , passing game ]

euphemistic expressions for death; thousands mourned his passing

[ Syn: loss , departure , exit , expiration , going , release ]

the motion of one object relative to another; stellar passings can perturb the orbits of comets

[ Syn: passage ]

the end of something; the passing of winter'

a bodily reaction of changing from one place or stage to another; the passage of air from the lungs; the passing of flatus

[ Syn: passage ]

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

[ Syn: overtaking ]

success in satisfying a test or requirement; his future depended on his passing that test; he got a pass in introductory chemistry

[ Syn: pass , qualifying ]

to an extreme degree; extremely cold; extremely unpleasant

[ Syn: extremely , extremely , exceedingly , exceedingly , super , super , extremely , extremely , exceedingly , exceedingly , super , super , extremely , extremely , exceedingly , exceedingly , super , super , extremely , extremely , exceedingly , exceedingly , super , super ]

lasting a very short time; the ephemeral joys of childhood; a passing fancy; youths transient beauty; love is transitory but it is eternal; fugacious blossoms

[ Syn: ephemeral , short-lived , transient , transitory , fugacious ]

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 houses structural flaws; a passing glance; perfunctory courtesy

[ Syn: casual , cursory , perfunctory ]