Definition of Passing

Noun: passing pÃ£-sing

(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";
- pass, passing play, passing game
A euphemistic expression for death
"thousands mourned his passing";
- loss, departure, exit, expiration, going, release
The motion of one object relative to another
"stellar passings can perturb the orbits of comets";
- passage
The end of something
"the passing of winter"
A bodily reaction of changing from one place or stage to another
"the passing of flatus";
- 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";
- overtaking
Success in satisfying a test or requirement
"his future depended on his passing that test";
- pass, qualifying

Adjective: passing pÃ£-sing

Lasting a very short time
"a passing fancy";
- ephemeral, short-lived, transient, transitory, fugacious, here today gone tomorrow, here today and gone tomorrow
(football) of advancing the ball by throwing it
"a team with a good passing attack";
- pass
Allowing you to pass (e.g., an examination or inspection) satisfactorily
"a passing grade"
Hasty and without attention to detail; not thorough
"a passing inspection failed to reveal the house's structural flaws";
- casual, cursory, perfunctory

Adverb: passing pÃ£-sing

To an extreme degree
"passing cold";
- extremely, exceedingly, super, stone

Verb: pass pÃ£s

Go across or through
"We passed the point where the police car had parked";
- go through, go across
Move past
"A black limousine passed by when she looked out the window"; "He passed his professor in the hall";
- travel by, pass by, surpass, go past, go by
Make laws, bills, etc. or bring into effect by legislation
"They passed the amendment";
- legislate
Become later by the passage of a given amount of time
"three years passed";
- elapse, lapse, slip by, glide by, slip away, go by, slide by, go along
Place into the hands or custody of
"pass me the spoon, please";
- hand, reach, pass on, turn over, give
Stretch out over a distance, space, time, or scope; run or extend between two points or beyond a certain point
"Service passes all the way to Cranbury";
- run, go, lead, extend
Travel past
"The sports car passed all the trucks";
- overtake, overhaul
(of an event) come to pass (in time, so that it is real and actual at some time)
"What is passing off?";
- happen, hap, go on, pass off, occur, fall out, come about, take place
Go unchallenged; be approved
"The bill passed the House";
- clear
Pass time in a specific way
"how are you passing your summer vacation?";
- spend
Pass over, across, or through
"He passed his eyes over her body";
- guide, run, draw
Transmit information
"pass along the good news"; "Please pass on this message to all employees";
- communicate, pass on, pass along, put across
Disappear gradually
"The pain eventually passed off";
- evanesce, fade, blow over, pass off, fleet
Go successfully through a test or a selection process
"She passed the new Jersey Bar Exam and can practice law now";
- make it, make the grade [N. Amer]
Be superior or better than some standard
"She passed our expectations";
- exceed, transcend, overstep, go past, top
Accept or judge as acceptable
"The teacher passed the student although he was weak"
Allow to go without comment or censure
"the insult passed as if unnoticed"
Transfer to another; of rights or property
"Our house passed under his official control"
Pass into a specified state or condition
"He passed into nirvana";
- sink, lapse
Throw (a ball) to another player
"Smith passed"
Be inherited by
"The estate passed to my sister";
- fall, return, devolve
Cause to pass
"She passed around the plates";
- make pass
Grant authorization or clearance for
"The rock star never passed this slanderous biography";
- authorize, authorise [Brit], clear
Pass from physical life and lose all bodily attributes and functions necessary to sustain life
"She passed away from cancer";
- die, decease, perish, go, exit, pass away, expire, kick the bucket, cash in one's chips, buy the farm [N. Amer], conk, give-up the ghost, drop dead, pop off, choke, croak, snuff it, pop one's clogs
Expel from the body
"Pass a kidney stone";
- excrete, egest, eliminate