Definitions
How to pronounce passing:
Passing - as an adjective
Passing - as a noun
(american football) a play that involves one player throwing the ball to a teammate
Example: "The coach sent in a passing play on third and long"
Euphemistic expressions for death
Example: "Thousands mourned his passing"
The motion of one object relative to another
Example: "Stellar passings can perturb the orbits of comets"
The end of something
Example: "The passing of winter"
A bodily reaction of changing from one place or stage to another
Example: "The passage of air from the lungs"
Going by something that is moving in order to get in front of it
Example: "She drove but well but her reckless passing of every car on the road frightened me"
Success in satisfying a test or requirement
Example: "His future depended on his passing that test"
Passing - as an adverb
To an extraordinary degree
Example: "She was a surpassingly beautiful woman"
Passing - as an adjective satellite
Lasting a very short time
Example: "The ephemeral joys of childhood"
Allowing you to pass (e.g., an examination or inspection) satisfactorily
Example: "A passing grade"
Hasty and without attention to detail; not thorough
Example: "A casual (or cursory) inspection failed to reveal the house's structural flaws"
Passing - as a verb
To change place.
To change in state or status
To move through time.
To be accepted.
In any game, to decline to play in one's turn.
To do or be better.
To take heed.
Example Sentences
Word Game Points
PASSING has a SCRABBLE points total of 10.
PASSING has a WORDS WITH FRIENDS points total of 13.
PASSING has a WORDFEUD points total of 12.
