passing
Meanings
- (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"
- euphemistic expressions for death;
- "thousands mourned his passing"
- the motion of one object relative to another;
- "stellar passings can perturb the orbits of comets"
- the end of something;
- "the passing of winter"
- a bodily reaction of changing from one place or stage to another;
- "the passing of flatus"
- 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"
- success in satisfying a test or requirement;
- "his future depended on his passing that test"
- go across or through;
- move past;
- make laws, bills, etc. or bring into effect by legislation;
- pass by;
- place into the hands or custody of;
- stretch out over a distance, space, time, or scope; run or extend between two points or beyond a certain point;
- travel past;
- come to pass;
- go unchallenged; be approved;
- pass time in a specific way;
- pass over, across, or through;
- transmit information ;
- disappear gradually;
- go successfully through a test or a selection process;
- be superior or better than some standard;
- accept or judge as acceptable;
- allow to go without comment or censure;
- transfer to another; of rights or property;
- pass into a specified state or condition;
- throw (a ball) to another player;
- be inherited by;
- cause to pass;
- grant authorization or clearance for;
- pass from physical life and lose all bodily attributes and functions necessary to sustain life;
- eliminate from the body;
- lasting a very short time;
- "a passing fancy"
- of advancing the ball by throwing it;
- "a team with a good passing attack"
- 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"
- to an extreme degree;
- PASSING n pl. -S a death
Synonyms
- pass
- passing play
- passing game
- loss
- departure
- exit
- expiration
- going
- release
- passage
- overtaking
- qualifying
- go through
- go across
- travel by
- pass by
- surpass
- go past
- go by
- legislate
- elapse
- lapse
- slip by
- glide by
- slip away
- slide by
- go along
- hand
- reach
- pass on
- turn over
- give
- run
- go
- lead
- extend
- overtake
- overhaul
- happen
- hap
- go on
- pass off
- occur
- fall out
- come about
- take place
- clear
- spend
- guide
- draw
- communicate
- pass along
- put across
- evanesce
- fade
- blow over
- fleet
- make it
- exceed
- transcend
- overstep
- top
- sink
- fall
- return
- devolve
- make pass
- authorize
- authorise
- die
- decease
- perish
- pass away
- expire
- kick the bucket
- cash in one's chips
- buy the farm
- conk
- give-up the ghost
- drop dead
- pop off
- choke
- croak
- snuff it
- excrete
- egest
- eliminate
- ephemeral
- short-lived
- transient
- transitory
- fugacious
- casual
- cursory
- perfunctory
- extremely
- exceedingly
- super
Scrabble Score: 10
passing is a valid Scrabble (US) TWL wordpassing is a valid Scrabble Word in Merriam-Webster MW Dictionary
passing is a valid Scrabble Word in International Collins CSW Dictionary
Words With Friends Score: 13
passing is a valid Words With Friends word