Meaning of passing
Definition of passing
(adj)
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"
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"; "In his paper, he showed a very superficial understanding of psychoanalytic theory"
(adv)
to an extraordinary degree; "she was a surpassingly beautiful woman"; "I will mention only one particular aspect of the current mess because ... this one is surely something new and passing strange"--Walker Percy
(noun)
(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 end of something; "the passing of winter"
a bodily reaction of changing from one place or stage to another; "the passage of air from the lungs"; "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"; "he got a pass in introductory chemistry"