passing (
http://definr.com/passing)
adj 1: enduring a very short time; "the ephemeral joys of
childhood"; "a passing fancy"; "youth's transient
beauty"; "love is transitory but at is eternal";
"fugacious blossoms" [syn:
ephemeral,
short-lived,
transient,
transitory,
fugacious]
2: moving by or going past; "the passing cars" [syn:
passing(a)]
3: (football) of advancing the ball by throwing it; "a team
with a good passing attack"; "a pass play" [syn:
passing(a),
pass(a)] [ant:
running(a)]
4: allowing you to pass (e.g., an examination or inspection)
satisfactorily; "a passing grade" [syn:
passing(a)]
5: 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" [syn:
casual,
cursory,
passing(a),
perfunctory]
n 1: a football 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}]
2: euphemistic expressions for death; "thousands mourned his
passing" [syn:
loss,
departure,
exit,
expiration,
going,
release]
3: the motion of one object relative to another; "stellar
passings can perturb the orbits of comets" [syn:
passage]
4: the end of something; "the passing of winter"
5: a bodily process of passing from one place or stage to
another; "the passage of air from the lungs"; "the passing
of flatus" [syn:
passage]
6: 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]
7: 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] [ant:
failing]
adv : to an extreme degree or extent; "his eyesight was
exceedingly defective" [syn:
exceedingly,
extremely]