🏈 Throwing the ball 🕊️ Death 🕰️ End of period 🌠 Moving by 🎓 Success in test 🚗 Overtaking ✅ Satisfactory ⏳ Brief or short 💨 Not detailed ✨ Very 🏈 Throwing plays

passing

2.4

About moving the ball forward by throwing it as part of a team's attack

adjective
/ˈpæsɪŋ/

: orientado al pase

Great range of passing, short, far, can score goals for days in any team.

But putting pressure as you pass guard, like medium passing distance kind of pressure.

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Examples

The coach praised the players for their effective passing during the match.
Liverpool got after them, played forward, didn't play out, mess about trying to be clever, passing it across the back, losing.
So if a team defends from touchline to touchline, the spaces are wide, we go short passing, go through them and make them tighten up for change things.
The team's strategy emphasized quick passing to create scoring opportunities.
He showed exceptional skill in passing the ball accurately between defenders.

Antonyms

running

1.1

Relating to plays that advance the ball by running

Idioms

in passing

27 3.8

While mentioning something briefly without giving it much attention

Compounds

passing game

Jargon

25 3.6

A series of plays in American football that move the ball by throwing to teammates

passing play

Specialized

1 4.4

A play in American football where a player throws the ball forward to a teammate

husband's passing

1 5.6

The death of a woman's husband

passing comment

1 3.3

A short casual remark that someone says without thinking

buck-passing

1 7.1

Act of putting blame on others to avoid doing a job you should do

passing shot

Specialized

1 4.6

A tennis hit that goes past an opponent at the net

buck-passing culture

7.9

A workplace culture where people avoid responsibility by blaming others

passing beam headlamp

5.6

A light on a car that makes a low beam to light the road without hurting other drivers' eyes

passing note

Specialized

7.2

A small note between two main notes in a melody that connects them smoothly

passing tone

Specialized

7.8

A note played between two main notes to make the tune move smoothly

passing water

8.2

To let out urine from the body

Surface Forms

passing positive

Morphology

passing = pass (transparent) = pass + ing

The meaning is derived directly from the verb 'pass' with the addition of the suffix '-ing' to indicate the act or process.

Etymology

Passing comes from pass, meaning 'to send or move something on'. A team's passing game is called that because it focuses on sending the ball by throw to other players, so the word describes the act of throwing to advance play.