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    [Noun]  | "pass*ing" | \ ˈpa-siŋ \


    1: the act of one that passes or causes to pass; especially : death

    Origin: 14th century ;

    [Noun]  | "passing note" 


    1: a nonharmonic tone interposed between essential harmonic tones of adjacent chords —called also passing tone

    Origin: 1730 ;

    [Noun]  | "passing shot" 


    1: a stroke (as in tennis) that drives the ball to one side and beyond the reach of an opponent

    Origin: 1928 ;

    [Noun]  | "passing fancy" 


    1: a liking that lasts only a short time

    [Noun]  | "passing game" 


    1: ability to pass the ball

    [Noun]  | "passing lane" 


    1: a part of a road or highway that drivers use to pass other vehicles

    [Adjective]  | "passing" 


    1: going by or past

    2: having a brief duration

    3: surpassing

    Origin: 14th century ;

    [Adverb]  | "passing" 


    1: to a surpassing degree : exceedingly

    Origin: 14th century ;

    [Verb]  | "pass" | \ ˈpas \


    1: move, proceed, go

    2: to go away : depart

    3: die —often used with on

    Origin: 13th century ;

     Middle English, from Anglo-French passer, from Vulgar Latin *passare, from Latin passus step {mat|pace|};

    [Idiom]  | "mention only in passing" 


    1: to refer to only briefly

    [Adjective]  | "passing" 


    1: lasting only for a short time;


      * e.g., " ... his parents were willing to buy him a piano if he demonstrated that his interest in music was more than a passing fancy "




    [Noun]  | "passing" 


    1: the permanent stopping of all the vital bodily activities;


      * e.g., " ... the precise moment of his passing was recorded by the machines at his bedside "




    [Adverb]  | "passing" 


    1: to a great degree;


      * e.g., " ... a passing strange turn of events "




    [Verb]  | "passing" 


    1: to shift possession of (something) from one person to another;


      * e.g., " ... could you please pass me the phone? "




    2: to come to an end;


      * e.g., " ... eventually, the storm passed "




    3: to put (something) into the possession or safekeeping of another;


      * e.g., " ... pass your forms to the department head once they're filled out "




    [Verb]  | "pass" 


    1: to shift possession of (something) from one person to another;


      * e.g., " ... could you please pass me the phone? "




    2: to come to an end;


      * e.g., " ... eventually, the storm passed "




    3: to put (something) into the possession or safekeeping of another;


      * e.g., " ... pass your forms to the department head once they're filled out "




    [Verb]  | "pass (for)" 


    1: to present a false appearance of;


      * e.g., " ... in public they pass for being a loving couple, but in reality they are only friends "



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    [Verb]  | "pass (on)" 


    1: to stop living;


      * e.g., " ... my grandfather passed on at the age of 92 "




    [Verb]  | "pass (over)" 


    1: to make one's way through, across, or over;


      * e.g., " ... passed over two bridges "



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    [Verb]  | "passing (down)" 


    [Verb]  | "passing (into)" 


    1: as in penetrating, diffusing (through);


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     [ "passing" ]

    1: adjective for a trans person who looks like they're cis, whether intentionally or not usage mostly limited to where trans people are functioning within cis society, where everyone is assumed cis until informed otherwise — a person "passes" for cis until clocked. within trans circles, passing is irrelevant and a rarely used term, because everyone is assumed to be trans. adopted from an older use of passing, meaning african-americans who move within white society in order to survive. sometimes disambiguated as white-passing and cis-passing. a less appropriative & more accurate term for trans "passing" is masking.

      * e.g.,  ... i know passing isn't encouraged anymore bc "trans visibility" or w/e but gawd some days i wish i could just pass at the grocery store and not have to have my guard up 24/7/365 

     [ "passing" ]

    1: When a guy of color dresses and talks like a Young Republican and eats baloney sandwiches on white bread, and all the local white paddies and ofays think that the guy is a white paddy.

      * e.g.,  ... Rastus changed his name to Robert, put on a grey suit and a red tie, stopped shuckin' and jivin', and bought a white Oldsmobile. He got the kink out of his hair and stopped drinking cheap malt liquor. Now he's passing down in Racine. 

     [ "passing" ]

    1: To Fart in ones mouth and swollow it and fart it back if someones elses mouth. Real nasty.

      * e.g.,  ... Mark farted in melissa mouth then melissa passed it to Jennifer. Mark is always passing. 

     [ "Pass" ]

    1: An easy way to avoid literally any question.

      * e.g.,  ... Random Female: Does this dress make me look fat? Potentially You: Pass. 

     [ "Pass" ]

    1: The answer to discussing the Secret Formula on the third Wednesday of Janurary and it's not raining outside after you gargle pudding.

      * e.g.,  ... Mr Krabs: "Oh that's an easy one! You just.. just.. It's janurary with pudding you uh.. uh... pass? 

     [ "Pass" ]

    1: What you shall not do.

      * e.g.,  ... You shall not pass! 

     [ "pass it on" ]

    1: You receive something from a third party, and then you share it with another or others. For instance, if you acquired some kind of knowledge from someone, and then you went on spreading it out, you "pass it on."

      * e.g.,  ... Have you received any act of kindness? Pass it on. Are you done with the platter of chicken? Pass it on. 

     [ "pass" ]

    1: To refrain from something

      * e.g.,  ... -Would you like a drink? 

     [ "the pass" ]

    1: When a black person gives a white person a pass to say the n-word. The white person is usually then beaten up by all of the black people in the area.

      * e.g.,  ... Black guy: u get the pass, homie White friend: *yells or uses the n-word* All of the black people around: Ay, let's get him! 

     [ "Passing" ]

    1: When a light-skiined person is so close to the white race, it seems as if that person is white.

      * e.g.,  ... Passing~ Jason Kidd, is he white or black? 

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