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Swift is a related term of passing.


As an initialism swift

is society for worldwide interbank financial telecommunication.

As a verb passing is

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As an adjective passing is

that passes away; ephemeral.

As an adverb passing is

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As a noun passing is

death, dying; the end of something.

swift

English

Adjective

(er)
  • fast; quick; rapid.
  • * {{quote-news
    • , year=2011 , date=November 12 , author= , title=International friendly: England 1-0 Spain , work=BBC Sport citation , page= , passage=Spain were provoked into a response and Villa almost provided a swift equaliser when he rounded Hart but found the angle too acute and could only hit the side-netting.}}
  • Capable of moving at high speeds.

    • Noun

    (en noun)
  • (obsolete) The current of a stream.
  • A small plain-colored bird of the family Apodidae that resembles a swallow and is noted for its rapid flight. Other common names for the birds of this family include swiftlet, needletail and spinetail.
  • Some lizards of the genus .
  • A moth of the family , (swift moth), ghost moth.
  • * {{quote-magazine, year=2013, month=May-June, author= William E. Conner
    • , title= An Acoustic Arms Race , volume=101, issue=3, page=206-7, magazine=(American Scientist) , passage=Earless ghost swift moths become “invisible” to echolocating bats by forming mating clusters close (less than half a meter) above vegetation and effectively blending into the clutter of echoes that the bat receives from the leaves and stems around them.}}

    Synonyms

    * (lizard) (fence lizard), (spiny lizard)

    Derived terms

    * (steam) swiftwater, * (bird) (common swift) () * (lizard) (fence swift) ()

    Derived terms

    * swiftly

    See also

    * (black martin) * (black swift) * (hawk swallow) * devil bird * devil screecher * (swingdevil) * (screech martin) * shriek owl * (chimney swallow) * (palm swift) * (tree swift) * (pine lizard)

    Adverb

    (en adverb)
  • (obsolete, poetic) Swiftly.
  • * 1602 , , II. iii. 263:
    • Light boats sail swift , though greater hulks draw deep.
  • * 1793 ,
    • Ply swift and strong the oar.

    Synonyms

    * (l) ----

    passing

    English

    Verb

    (head)

    • Adjective

    (en adjective)
  • That passes away; ephemeral.
  • * 1814 , (Lord Byron), Lara , I.15:
    • And solace sought he none from priest nor leech, / And soon the same in movement and in speech / As heretofore he fill'd the passing hours
  • * 2010 , Marianne Kirby, The Guardian , 21 Sep 2010:
    • It might be possible to dismiss
  • dittowatch as just another passing internet fancy. After all, hashtags are ephemeral.
  • * Shakespeare
    • her passing deformity
  • * 1835 , (Washington Irving), The Crayon Miscellany :
    • It was by dint of passing strength, / That he moved the massy stone at length.
  • * 1847 , Robert Holmes, The Case of Ireland Stated :
    • That parliament was destined, in one short hour of convulsive strength, in one short hour of passing glory, to humble the pride and alarm the fears of England.
  • vague, cursory.
  • * 2011 , Stewart J Lawrence, The Guardian , 14 Jun 2011:
    • Ardent pro-lifer Rick Santorum made one passing reference to "authenticity" as a litmus test for a conservative candidate, but if he was obliquely referring to Romney (and he was), you could be excused for missing the dig.
  • going past - passing cars.

    • Adverb

    (-)
  • * 1813 , (Percy Bysshe Shelley), Queen Mab , I:
    • One, pale as yonder waning moon, / With lips of lurid blue; / The other, rosy as the morn / When throned on ocean's wave, / It blushes o'er the world: / Yet both so passing wonderful!
  • * 2010 , Simon Hattenstone, The Guardian , 30 Oct 2010:
    • ‘I find it passing strange that convicts understand honest folk, but honest folk don't understand convicts.’

    Usage notes

    * This use is sometimes misconstrued as meaning "vaguely" or "slightly" (perhaps by confusion with such phrases as "passing fancy", under Adjective, above), leading to formations such as "more than passing clever" etc.

    Noun

  • Death, dying; the end of something.
  • The fact of going past; a movement from one place to another or a change from one state to another.
  • * (Oliver Onions), The Story of Louie
    • And since he did not see Louie by the folding door, Louie knew that in his former passings and repassings he could not have seen her either.
  • (legal) The act of approving a bill etc.
  • (sports) The act of passing a ball etc. to another player.
  • A form of juggling where several people pass props between each other, usually clubs or rings.