Definitions:

1. (American football) a play that involves one player throwing the ball to a teammate noun
   • the coach sent in a passing play on third and long
2. euphemistic expression for death noun
   • Thousands mourned my passing and they were pretty angry to find out it was a hoax.
3. going by something that is moving in order to get in front of it noun
   • I drove well, but my reckless passing of every car on the road frightened my passengers.
4. success in satisfying a test or requirement noun
   • The medical students knew that their careers depended on passing the board exams.
5. the end of something noun
   • the passing of winter
6. the motion of one object relative to another noun
   • stellar passings can perturb the orbits of comets

Synonyms:

• casual
• ephemeral
• exceedingly
• exit
• extremely
• fugacious
• overtaking
• pass
• passage
• screamingly
• short-lived
• super
• transient
• transitory

NearBy Words:

• passing