See Also: passing(1)(dictionary)
passing(2)(dictionary)
Passing - Soccer(gambling)
passing 1, noun(dictionary)
passing 2, adjective(dictionary)
Buffet or Passing(recipes)
Passing Lane - Basketball(gambling)
Passing Paper - Poker(gambling)
Passing Shot - Tennis(gambling)

passing(2) (iou)



passing noun. ME.
[from PASS verb + -ING1.]
The action of PASS verb; spec. dying, death. Also foll. by adverb or preposition. ME.
in passing (a) by the way; (b) in the course of speech, conversation, etc.
N. Streatfeild There was a good deal of passing down of clothes. R. P. Graves Alfred's..tribute to his father was a poem full of grief at his passing. G. Lord The black tom fled at her passing.
A type of thread made by winding a thin strip of gold or silver about a core of silk. M19.
Comb.: passing-bell (a) a bell (now rarely) rung immediately after death as a signal for prayers; (b) fig. a thing foreboding or signalling the passing away of something; passing note Music: not belonging to the harmony but interposed between two notes essential to it to achieve a smooth transition; passing place a place where people or things may pass; spec. a widened section on a narrow or single-track road.