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 reaction of changing 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"

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"

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's structural flaws"; "a passing glance"; "perfunctory courtesy"

to an extreme degree; "extremely cold"; "extremely unpleasant"