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shoot the breeze

shoot the breeze
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Transcription

    • US Pronunciation
    • US IPA
    • UK Pronunciation
    • UK IPA
    • [shoot stressed th ee breez]
    • /ʃut stressed ði briz/
    • /ʃuːt ðə briːz/
    • US Pronunciation
    • US IPA
    • [shoot stressed th ee breez]
    • /ʃut stressed ði briz/

Definitions of shoot the breeze words

  • noun shoot the breeze a wind or current of air, especially a light or moderate one. 1
  • noun shoot the breeze a wind of 4–31 miles per hour (2–14 m/sec). 1
  • noun shoot the breeze Informal. an easy task; something done or carried on without difficulty: Finding people to join in the adventure was a breeze. 1
  • noun shoot the breeze Chiefly British Informal. a disturbance or quarrel. 1
  • verb without object shoot the breeze (of the wind) to blow a breeze (usually used impersonally with it as subject): It breezed from the west all day. 1
  • verb without object shoot the breeze to move in a self-confident or jaunty manner: She breezed up to the police officer and asked for directions. 1
See all 11 definitions of shoot the breeze

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Origin of shoot the breeze

First appearance:

before 1555
One of the 31% oldest English words
1555-65; earlier brize, brise north or northeast wind; compare Dutch bries, East Frisian brîse, French brize, Spanish, Portuguese, Catalan brisa, Italian brezza; orig. and path of transmission disputed

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Parts of speech for Shoot the breeze

noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation
Full grammatical hierarchy of Shoot the breeze

shoot the breeze popularity

A common word. It’s meaning is known to most children of preschool age. About 93% of English native speakers know the meaning and use the word.
Most Europeans know this English word. The frequency of it’s usage is somewhere between "mom" and "screwdriver".

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Synonyms for shoot the breeze

verb shoot the breeze

  • blab — If someone blabs about something secret, they tell people about it.
  • blathering — foolish, voluble talk: His speech was full of the most amazing blather.
  • blurt out — If someone blurts something out, they blurt it.
  • chat — When people chat, they talk to each other in an informal and friendly way.
  • chew the fat — If people chew the fat, they talk in a relaxed, informal way.
All 19 Synonyms of shoot the breeze

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