passing
passing is a 7-letter English word with 17 senses as noun, adjective, and adverb in the JumbleFix dictionary. One common meaning is: of Pass. Face value is 10 in Scrabble and 13 in Words With Friends. Use the entries below when you need a playable sense, a nearby word, or another arrangement of the same letters.
Definitions
- present participle. of Pass
- noun. The act of one who, or that which, passes; the act of going by or away.
- adjective. Relating to the act of passing or going; going by, beyond, through, or away; departing.
- adjective. Exceeding; surpassing, eminent.
- adverb. Exceedingly; excessively; surpassingly; as, passing fair; passing strange.
- noun. success in satisfying a test or requirement
"his future depended on his passing that test"
"he got a pass in introductory chemistry"
- noun. 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"
- 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"
- noun. a bodily reaction of changing from one place or stage to another
"the passage of air from the lungs"
"the passing of flatus"
- noun. the end of something
"the passing of winter"
- noun. the motion of one object relative to another
"stellar passings can perturb the orbits of comets"
- noun. euphemistic expressions for death
"thousands mourned his passing"
- adjective. hasty and without attention to detail; not thorough
"a casual (or cursory) inspection failed to reveal the house's structural flaws"
"a passing glance"
- adjective. of advancing the ball by throwing it
"a team with a good passing attack"
"a pass play"
- adjective. lasting a very short time
"the ephemeral joys of childhood"
"a passing fancy"
- adjective. allowing you to pass (e.g., an examination or inspection) satisfactorily
"a passing grade"
- adverb. to an extreme degree
"extremely cold"
"extremely unpleasant"
Synonyms
pass, qualifying, overtaking, passage, departure, exit, expiration, going, loss, release, casual, cursory, perfunctory, ephemeral, fugacious, transient, transitory, exceedingly, extremely, super
Common word forms
pass, passe, passings, passingly, passingness
Words from these letters
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