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passing::adjective | Spocien Dictionary
| Type | Words |
|---|---|
| Synonyms | ephemeral, fugacious, short-lived, transient, transitory |
a passing fancy.
passing::adjective | Spocien Dictionary
| Type | Words |
|---|---|
| Synonyms | casual, cursory, perfunctory, superficial |
a passing glance.
passing::noun | Spocien Dictionary
| Type | Words |
|---|---|
| Synonyms | pass, qualifying |
| Type of | success |
| Derivation | pass |
his future depended on his passing that test.
passing::noun | Spocien Dictionary
| Type | Words |
|---|---|
| Synonyms | overtaking |
| Type of | reordering |
| Derivation | pass |
she drove but well but her reckless passing of every car on the road frightened me.
| Type | Words |
|---|---|
| Synonyms | surpassingly |
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.
passing::noun | Spocien Dictionary
| Type | Words |
|---|---|
| Synonyms | pass, passing game, passing play |
| Type of | football play |
| Has types | aerial, forward pass, lateral, lateral pass, spot pass |
| Derivation | pass |
the coach sent in a passing play on third and long.
passing::adjective | Spocien Dictionary
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a passing grade.
Examples of passing
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He's strong, fast, a hard worker on the field, and has excellent passing skills.
From the stltoday.com
The Sooners and Huskies can stop the run and they can frustrate passing attacks.
From the bostonherald.com
Bradford has completed only six of his last 20 passing attempts in the red zone.
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Cutler was sacked 6 times and completed only 43 percent of his passing attempts.
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In fact, the 2005 49ers gave up the second-most passing yards in league history.
From the chron.com
That set the tone for good passing and moving without the ball for the Shockers.
From the kansas.com
Most were rescued by firefighters, a passing ferry boat and passers-by on shore.
From the delawareonline.com
Progressives don't much regret the passing of the Democratic Leadership Council.
From the theatlantic.com
After passing the bar, Taft was the assistant prosecutor for his county in Ohio.
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- Pass: (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"
- Ephemeral: 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"
- Extremely: to an extreme degree; "extremely cold"; "extremely unpleasant"
- Passing(a): of advancing the ball by throwing it; "a team with a good passing attack"; "a pass play"
- Euphemistic expressions for death; "thousands mourned his passing"
- Passing(a): allowing you to pass (e.g., an examination or inspection) satisfactorily; "a passing grade"
- American football, known in the United States as football, is a sport played between two teams of eleven. The objective of the game is to score points by advancing the ball into the opposing team's end zone. ...
- Passing the ball is a key part of association football. The purpose of passing is to keep possession of the ball by maneuvering it on the ground between different players and to advance it up the playing field.
- Passing refers to a person's ability to be regarded as a member of the sex or gender with which they physically present.Julia Serano. Whipping Girl: A Transsexual Woman on Sexism and the Scapegoating of Femininity, Seal Press, 2007. ...
