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(adj) casual, perfunctory, cursory
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
(adj) pass
of advancing the ball by throwing it
a team with a good passing attack; a pass play
(adj) transient, transitory, fugacious, ephemeral, short-lived
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
(adv) exceedingly, extremely, super
to an extreme degree
extremely cold; extremely unpleasant
(noun) qualifying, pass
success in satisfying a test or requirement
his future depended on his passing that test; he got a pass in introductory chemistry
(noun) overtaking
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) pass, passing game, passing play
(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) passage
a bodily reaction of changing from one place or stage to another
the passage of air from the lungs; the passing of flatus
(noun) passage
the motion of one object relative to another
stellar passings can perturb the orbits of comets
(noun) loss, exit, expiration, going, release, departure
euphemistic expressions for death
thousands mourned his passing