• (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"

  同义词： pass passing play passing game

• euphemistic expressions for death

  "thousands mourned his passing"

  同义词： loss departure exit expiration going release

• the motion of one object relative to another

  "stellar passings can perturb the orbits of comets"

  同义词： 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"

  同义词： 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"

  同义词： overtaking

• success in satisfying a test or requirement

  "his future depended on his passing that test"

  同义词： pass qualifying

• lasting a very short time

  "a passing fancy"

  同义词： ephemeral short-lived transient transitory fugacious

• of advancing the ball by throwing it

  "a team with a good passing attack"

  同义词： pass(a)

• allowing you to pass (e.g., an examination or inspection) satisfactorily

  "a passing grade"

• hasty and without attention to detail; not thorough

  "a passing glance"

  同义词： casual cursory perfunctory

同义词： exceedingly extremely