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'passing' - used as an adjective
1. lasting a very short time
a passing fancy
 2. of advancing the ball by throwing it
a team with a good passing attack
 3. allowing you to pass (e.g., an examination or inspection) satisfactorily
a passing grade
 4. hasty and without attention to detail; not thorough
a passing inspection failed to reveal the house's structural flaws
 a passing glance
'passing' - used as a adverb
5. to an extreme degree or extent

'passing' - used as a noun
6. (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
 7. euphemistic expressions for death
thousands mourned his passing
 8. the motion of one object relative to another
stellar passings can perturb the orbits of comets
 9. the end of something
the passing of winter
 10. a bodily reaction of changing from one place or stage to another
the passing of flatus
 11. 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
 12. success in satisfying a test or requirement
his future depended on his passing that test
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  • careless
  • impermanent
  • satisfactory
  • temporary
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    The record for the world?s worst drivers is a toss-up between two candidates: First, a 75-year-old man who received 10 traffic tickets, drove on the wrong side of the road four times, committed four hit-and-run offenses, and caused six accidents, all within 20 minutes on October 15, 1966. Second, a 62-year-old woman who failed her driving test 40 times before passing it in August, 1970 (by that time, she had spent over $700 in lessons, and could no longer afford to buy a car).