Associations to the word «Passing»

PASSING, verb. Present participle of pass

PASSING, adjective. That passes away; ephemeral. [from 14th c.]

PASSING, adjective. (now rare) (literary) Pre-eminent, excellent, extreme. [from 14th c.]

PASSING, adjective. Vague, cursory. [from 18th c.]

PASSING, adjective. Going past - passing cars.

PASSING, adverb. (now literary or archaic) Surpassingly, greatly. [from 14th c.]

PASSING, noun. Death, dying; the end of something. [from 14th c.]

PASSING, noun. The fact of going past; a movement from one place to another or a change from one state to another. [from 14th c.]

PASSING, noun. (legal) The act of approving a bill etc. [from 15th c.]

PASSING, noun. (sports) The act of passing a ball etc. to another player. [from 19th c.]

PASSING, noun. A form of juggling where several people pass props between each other, usually clubs or rings.

PASSING AWAY, verb. (euphemistic) present participle of pass away (to die)

PASSING BELL, noun. (music) A bell rung to announce a passing, a death, or funeral; death bell, death knell.

PASSING BELLS, noun. Plural of passing bell

PASSING DOWN, verb. Present participle of pass down

PASSING GAS, verb. Present participle of pass gas

PASSING MUSTER, verb. Present participle of pass muster

PASSING OFF, noun. (legal) The act of misrepresenting the origin of a product.

PASSING OFF, verb. Present participle of pass off

PASSING ON, verb. Present participle of pass on

PASSING OUT, verb. Present participle of pass out

PASSING OVER, verb. Present participle of pass over

PASSING PLACE, noun. A place on a single-track road or bridge, which is only wide enough for one vehicle, where two vehicles travelling in opposite directions can pass each other.

PASSING PLACES, noun. Plural of passing place

PASSING THE BUCK, verb. Present participle of pass the buck

PASSING TONE, noun. (music) a non-harmonic tone that is a second lower than a note in one chord and a second higher than a note in the other chord

PASSING TONES, noun. Plural of passing tone

PASSING UP, verb. Present participle of pass up

PASSING, noun. (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, noun. Euphemistic expressions for death; "thousands mourned his passing".

PASSING, noun. The motion of one object relative to another; "stellar passings can perturb the orbits of comets".

PASSING, noun. The end of something; "the passing of winter".

PASSING, noun. A bodily reaction of changing from one place or stage to another; "the passage of air from the lungs"; "the passing of flatus".

PASSING, noun. 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".

PASSING, noun. Success in satisfying a test or requirement; "his future depended on his passing that test"; "he got a pass in introductory chemistry".

PASSING, adverb. To an extreme degree; "extremely cold"; "extremely unpleasant".

PASSING, adjective. 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, adjective. Of advancing the ball by throwing it; "a team with a good passing attack"; "a pass play".

PASSING, adjective. Allowing you to pass (e.g., an examination or inspection) satisfactorily; "a passing grade".

PASSING, adjective. 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".