passing
passing is a valid 7-letter word worth 10 points in Scrabble and 13 points in Words with Friends.
What does passing mean?
Lasting a very short time.
“a passing fancy”
Allowing you to pass (e.g., an examination or inspection) satisfactorily.
“a passing grade”
Hasty and without attention to detail; not thorough.
“a passing glance”
Of advancing the ball by throwing it.
“a team with a good passing attack”
(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”
The end of something.
“the passing of winter”
A bodily reaction of changing from one place or stage to another.
“the passing of flatus”
Success in satisfying a test or requirement.
“his future depended on his passing that test”
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”
Euphemistic expressions for death.
“thousands mourned his passing”
The motion of one object relative to another.
“stellar passings can perturb the orbits of comets”
To an extraordinary degree.
“she was a surpassingly beautiful woman”
“I will mention only one particular aspect of the current mess because ... this one is surely something new and passing strange”