passing

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Synonyms: pausing, pissing, gassing, pasting, massing, sassing, cassing, parsing, passino, assing, pashing

Antonyms: pausing, pissing, gassing, pasting, massing, sassing, cassing, parsing, passino, assing, pashing

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Verb

1. {{infl of|en|pass||ing-form}}

Adjective

1. That [[pass]]es away; [[ephemeral]]. {{defdate|from 14th c.}}
2. {{lb|en|now|_|rare|literary}} [[pre-eminent|Pre-eminent]], [[excellent]], [[extreme]]. {{defdate|from 14th c.}}
3. [[vague|Vague]], [[cursory]]. {{defdate|from 18th c.}}
4. Going [[past]].
5. That [[pass]]es in any sense.

Adverb

1. {{lb|en|literary|or|archaic}} [[surpassingly|Surpassingly]], [[greatly]]. {{defdate|from 14th c.}}

Noun

1. [[death|Death]], [[dying]]; the end of something. {{defdate|from 14th c.}}
2. The fact of going [[past]]; a movement from one place to another or a change from one state to another. {{defdate|from 14th c.}}
3. {{lb|en|legal}} The act of [[approve|approving]] a [[bill]] etc. {{defdate|from 15th c.}}
4. {{lb|en|sports}} The act of [[pass]]ing a [[ball]] etc. to another player. {{defdate|from 19th c.}}
5. A form of [[juggling]] where several people pass [[prop]]s between each other, usually [[club]]s or [[ring]]s.
6. {{sid|en|sociology}} {{lb|en|sociology}} The [[ability]] of a person to be regarded as a member of an [[identity]] group or category different from their own.

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