passing

pass·ing  (psng)

adj.

1. Moving by; going past: The child waved to the passing cars.

2. Of brief duration; transitory: a passing fancy.

3. Cursory or superficial; casual: a passing glance.

4. Allowing one to pass a test, course of study, inspection, or examination; satisfactory: a passing grade.

5. Archaic Very or great; surpassing: "'Tis a passing shame" Shakespeare.

adv.

Very; surpassingly: "I will mention only one particular aspect of the current mess because ... this one is surely something new and passing strange" Walker Percy.

n.

1. The act of one that passes or the fact of having passed: the passing of another summer.

2. A place where or a means by which one can pass.

3. Death.

Idiom:

in passing

While going by; incidentally.

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passing·ly adv.

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passing

Adjective

1. momentary or short-lived: a passing fad

2. casual or superficial: a passing resemblance

Noun

1. Euphemistic death

2. the ending of something: the passing of the old order in Eastern Europe

3. in passing briefly and without going into detail; incidentally: this fact is only noted in passing

Thesaurus

Noun	1.	passing - (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" passing game, passing play, pass American football, American football game - a game played by two teams of 11 players on a rectangular field 100 yards long; teams try to get possession of the ball and advance it across the opponents goal line in a series of (running or passing) plays football play - (American football) a play by the offensive team aerial, forward pass - a pass to a receiver downfield from the passer lateral, lateral pass - a pass to a receiver upfield from the passer spot pass - a pass to a designated spot on the field; the receiver should arrive at that spot the same time the ball does
	2.	passing - euphemistic expressions for death; "thousands mourned his passing" exit, expiration, going, departure, release, loss euphemism - an inoffensive or indirect expression that is substituted for one that is considered offensive or too harsh death, decease, expiry - the event of dying or departure from life; "her death came as a terrible shock"; "upon your decease the capital will pass to your grandchildren"
	3.	passing - the motion of one object relative to another; "stellar passings can perturb the orbits of comets" passage motion, movement - a natural event that involves a change in the position or location of something
	4.	passing - the end of something; "the passing of winter" final stage, end, last - the concluding parts of an event or occurrence; "the end was exciting"; "I had to miss the last of the movie"
	5.	passing - a bodily reaction of changing from one place or stage to another; "the passage of air from the lungs"; "the passing of flatus" passage response, reaction - a bodily process occurring due to the effect of some antecedent stimulus or agent; "a bad reaction to the medicine"; "his responses have slowed with age"
	6.	passing - 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" overtaking reordering - a rearrangement in a different order
	7.	passing - success in satisfying a test or requirement; "his future depended on his passing that test"; "he got a pass in introductory chemistry" qualifying, pass success - an attainment that is successful; "his success in the marathon was unexpected"; "his new play was a great success" flunk, failing - failure to reach a minimum required performance; "his failing the course led to his disqualification"; "he got two flunks on his report"
Adj.	1.	passing - 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, fugacious, short-lived, transitory, transient impermanent, temporary - not permanent; not lasting; "politics is an impermanent factor of life"- James Thurber; "impermanent palm cottages"; "a temperary arrangement"; "temporary housing"
	2.	passing - of advancing the ball by throwing it; "a team with a good passing attack"; "a pass play" pass football, football game - any of various games played with a ball (round or oval) in which two teams try to kick or carry or propel the ball into each other's goal running - of advancing the ball by running; "the team's running plays worked better than its pass plays"
	3.	passing - allowing you to pass (e.g., an examination or inspection) satisfactorily; "a passing grade" satisfactory - giving satisfaction; "satisfactory living conditions"; "his grades were satisfactory"
	4.	passing - 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" cursory, perfunctory, casual careless - marked by lack of attention or consideration or forethought or thoroughness; not careful; "careless about her clothes"; "forgotten by some careless person"; "a careless housekeeper"; "careless proofreading"; "it was a careless mistake"; "hurt by a careless remark"
Adv.	1.	passing - to an extreme degree; "extremely cold"; "extremely unpleasant" exceedingly, super, extremely

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passing

adjective 1. momentary, fleeting, short-lived, transient, ephemeral, short, brief, temporary, transitory, evanescent, fugacious (rare)

adjective 2. superficial, short, quick, slight, glancing, casual, summary, shallow, hasty, cursory, perfunctory, desultory

noun 3. end, finish, loss, vanishing, disappearance, termination, dying out, expiry, expiration

noun 4. death, demise, decease, passing on or away >> in passing incidentally, on the way, by the way, accidentally, en passant, by the bye

Translations

passing [ˈpɑːsɪŋ] adj (= fleeting) → pasajero;

in passing → de paso

passing [ˈpɑːsɪŋ] adj (fig) → passager/ère;

in passing → en passant

passing [ˈpɑːsɪŋ] pass adj [moment, thought etc] → flüchtig;

in passing pass (= incidentally); beiläufig, nebenbei;

to mention sth in passing pass → etw beiläufig or nebenbei erwähnen

passing [ˈpɑːsɪŋ] adj (fig) → fuggevole;

to mention sth in passing → accennare a qc di sfuggita