passing in WordNet English dictionary

1. 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"
   casual  cursory  passing  perfunctory 
   
2. 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"
   ephemeral  passing  short-lived  transient  transitory  fugacious 
   
3. of advancing the ball by throwing it
   "a team with a good passing attack"; "a pass play"
   passing  pass 
   
4. allowing you to pass (e.g., an examination or inspection) satisfactorily
   "a passing grade"
   passing 
   

1. euphemistic expressions for death
   "thousands mourned his passing"
   passing  loss  departure  exit  expiration  going  release 
   
2. 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  overtaking 
   
3. (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"
   pass  passing play  passing game  passing 
   
4. success in satisfying a test or requirement
   "his future depended on his passing that test"; "he got a pass in introductory chemistry"
   passing  pass  qualifying 
   
5. a bodily reaction of changing from one place or stage to another
   "the passage of air from the lungs"; "the passing of flatus"
   passage  passing 
   
6. the motion of one object relative to another
   "stellar passings can perturb the orbits of comets"
   passing  passage 
   
7. the end of something
   "the passing of winter"
   passing 
   

1. to an extreme degree
   "extremely cold"; "extremely unpleasant"
   extremely  exceedingly  super  passing  extremely  exceedingly  super  passing