Hyphenation of Passing

Wondering how to hyphenate the English word Passing? This word can be hyphenated and contains 2 syllables as shown below.

Pass-ing

Definitions of Passing:

1.
(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
2.
Euphemistic expressions for death
Thousands mourned his passing
3.
The motion of one object relative to another
Stellar passings can perturb the orbits of comets
4.
The end of something
The passing of winter
5.
A bodily reaction of changing from one place or stage to another
The passage of air from the lungs The passing of flatus
6.
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
7.
Success in satisfying a test or requirement
His future depended on his passing that test He got a pass in introductory chemistry
8.
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
9.
Of advancing the ball by throwing it
A team with a good passing attack A pass play
10.
Allowing you to pass (e.g., an examination or inspection) satisfactorily
A passing grade
11.
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
12.
To an extreme degree
Extremely cold Extremely unpleasant

Synonyms of Passing:

adj ephemeral, short-lived, transient, transitory, fugacious, impermanent, temporary
adj passing
adj satisfactory
adj casual, cursory, perfunctory, careless
noun pass, passing play, passing game, football play
noun loss, departure, exit, expiration, going, release, death, decease
noun passage, movement, motion
noun end, last, final stage
noun passage, reaction, response
noun overtaking, reordering
noun pass, qualifying, success
adv exceedingly, extremely

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