Definitions for passing

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passing pass·ing

Spelling: [pas-ing, pah-sing]

IPA: /ˈpæs ɪŋ, ˈpɑ sɪŋ/

Passing is a 7 letter English word. It's valid Scrabble word worth 10 points. It's valid Words with friends word worth 13 points.

You can make 162 anagrams from letters in passing (aginpss).

Definitions for passing

noun

1. the act of a person or thing that passes or causes something to pass.
2. a means or place of passage.
3. an act of passing.
4. a narrow route across a relatively low notch or depression in a mountain barrier.
5. a road, channel, or other way providing a means of passage, as through an obstructed region or other barrier.
6. a navigable channel, as at the mouth or in the delta of a river.
7. a permission or license to pass, go, come, or enter.
8. Military. a military document granting the right to cross lines or to enter or leave a military or naval base or building. written authority given a soldier to leave a station or duty for a specified period of time.
9. a free ticket or permit:
10. South African. reference book (def 2).
11. Chiefly British. the act of passing a university or school examination or course without honors or distinction.
12. Sports. the transfer of a ball or puck from one teammate to another.
13. Baseball. base on balls.
14. Fencing. a thrust or lunge.
15. a single movement, effort, maneuver, etc.:
16. Informal. a gesture, action, or remark that is intended to be sexually inviting; amorous overture. a jab or poke with the arm, especially one that misses its mark.
17. Cards. the act or statement of not bidding or raising another bid:
18. a passing of the hand over, along, or before anything. the transference or changing of objects by or as by sleight of hand; a manipulation, as of a juggler.
19. a particular stage or state of affairs:
20. Bullfighting. a pase.
21. one passage of a tool over work or one passage of work through a machine.
22. Archaic. a witty remark or thrust.
23. Mining. an opening for delivering coal or ore to a lower level underground.

Idioms

1. in passing, by the way; incidentally:
2. bring to pass, to cause to happen; bring about:
3. come to pass, to occur; happen:
4. pass muster. muster (def 11).
5. pass out, Informal. to lose consciousness; faint. to die; pass away. to distribute, especially individually by hand: to walk or march out or through; leave or exit by means of: to be exempted or promoted from:

adverb

1. surpassingly; exceedingly; very.

adjective

1. going by or past; elapsing:
2. brief, fleeting, or fortuitous; transitory:
3. done, given, etc., in passing; cursory:
4. surpassing, preeminent, or extreme.
5. indicating satisfactory performance in a course, on a paper, in a test, etc.:

Verb phrases

1. pass along/through, to add (incurred extra costs or expenses) to the amount charged a client or customer:
2. pass away, to cease; end: to die:
3. pass for/as, to be accepted as; be considered:
4. pass off, to present or offer (something) under false pretenses; dispose of deceptively: to cause to be accepted or received under a false identity: to cease gradually; end: to disregard or ignore. to continue to completion; occur:
5. pass on, to die:
6. pass over, to disregard; ignore: to fail to take notice of, consider, or choose:
7. pass up, to refuse or neglect to take advantage of; reject:

verb (used with object)

1. to move past; go by:
2. to let go without notice, action, remark, etc.; leave unconsidered; disregard; overlook:
3. to omit the usual or regular payment of:
4. to cause or allow to go through or beyond a gate, barrier, etc.:
5. to go across or over (a stream, threshold, etc.); cross.
6. to endure or undergo:
7. to undergo or complete successfully:
8. to cause or permit to complete successfully (an investigation, examination, course of study, etc.):
9. to go beyond (a point, degree, stage, etc.); transcend; exceed; surpass.
10. to cause to go or extend farther:
11. to cause to go, move, or march by:
12. to allot to oneself (a portion of time); spend:
13. to live through, utilize, or fill; occupy oneself during:
14. to cause to circulate or spread; disseminate:
15. to cause to be accepted or received:
16. to convey, transfer, or transmit; deliver (often followed by on):
17. to convey from one person, hand, etc., to another:
18. to pledge:
19. to utter, pronounce, or speak:
20. to cause to go through something, as a process or agency:
21. to discharge or void from the body, as excrement or a kidney stone.
22. to sanction or approve, especially by vote:
23. to obtain the approval or sanction of (a legislative body, committee, etc.), especially by a vote:
24. to express or pronounce, as an opinion:
25. Law. to place legal title or interest in (another) by a conveyance, a will, or other transfer.
26. (in feats of magic) to perform a pass on.
27. Tennis. to make a passing shot against (an opponent).
28. Sports. to transfer (the ball or puck) to a teammate.
29. Bullfighting. (of a bullfighter) to provoke and guide the charge of (a bull) with the capa or especially the muleta.

verb (used without object)

1. to go or move onward; proceed.
2. to come to or toward, then go beyond:
3. to go away; depart:
4. to elapse or slip by; be spent:
5. to come to an end:
6. to die.
7. to take place; happen; occur:
8. to go by or move past:
9. to go about or circulate; be current.
10. to serve as a marginally acceptable substitute:
11. to live or be known as a member of a racial, religious, or ethnic group other than one's own, especially to live and be known as a white person although of black ancestry.
12. to be transferred or conveyed:
13. to be interchanged, as between two persons:
14. to undergo transition or conversion:
15. to go or get through a barrier, test, course of study, etc., successfully:
16. to go unheeded, unchallenged, or unremarked on:
17. to express or pronounce an opinion, judgment, verdict, etc. (usually followed by on or upon):
18. to be voided, as excrement or a kidney stone.
19. to obtain the vote of approval or sanction of a legislative body, official committee, or the like:
20. Law. (of a member of an inquest or other deliberative body) to sit (usually followed by on or upon): to adjudicate. to vest title or other legal interest in real or personal property in a new owner.
21. to throw a ball from one person to another, as in a game of catch.
22. Sports. to make a pass, as in football or ice hockey.
23. Cards. to forgo one's opportunity to bid, play, etc. to throw in one's hand.
24. Fencing Obsolete. to thrust or lunge.

Origin of passing

Middle English word dating back to 1275-1325; See origin at pass, -ing², -ing¹

Examples for passing

Let you go down now to the spring well and give him this and he passing.

While Drake is redefining realness, Iggy is effectively “passing.”

It was a Republican Congress working with a Democratic president that succeeded in passing the welfare reform bill the first time.

"I'll take another piece of fish, mother," said Robert, passing his plate.

Lawmaking by legislatures is also a one-way ratchet—Legislators get credit for passing laws, not pruning them.

The big slug happened to hit the suspect in the street, passing through his arm and then striking Police Officer Andrew Dossi.

Mr Clayton was not slow to remark what was passing in my mind.

"Another cup of coffee, Mrs. Davis," he said, passing his cup across the table.

passing the Jewish cemetery, Kate and Harry paused a moment.

A passing off-duty school safety officer named Fred Lucas said that he had been told the man was a drug dealer.