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Definition of Shoot the breeze
1. Verb. Talk socially without exchanging too much information. "Sam cannot shoot the breeze Sue "; "The men were sitting in the cafe and shooting the breeze"
Generic synonyms: Converse, Discourse
Specialized synonyms: Jawbone, Schmoose, Schmooze, Shmoose, Shmooze
Derivative terms: Chat, Chatter, Chatterer, Chit Chat, Chit-chat, Chitchat, Confabulation, Gossip, Visitor
Definition of Shoot the breeze
1. Verb. (idiomatic) ''(US)'' to chat idly or generally waste time talking ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Lexicographical Neighbors of Shoot The Breeze
Literary usage of Shoot the breeze
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Decisive Battles of the World by Edward Shepherd Creasy, John Gilmer Speed (1899)
"His face was turned towards England, and thither he looked, as though he was
about to shoot. The breeze became soft and sweet, and the sea was smooth for ..."
2. Decisive Battles of the World by Edward Shepherd Creasy (1899)
"His face was turned towards England, and thither he looked, as though he was
about to shoot. The breeze became soft and sweet, and the sea was smooth for ..."
3. The Fifteen Decisive Battles of the World: From Marathon to Waterloo by Edward Shepherd Creasy (1863)
"His face was turned toward England, and thither he looked, as though he was about
to shoot. The breeze became soft and sweet, and the sea was smooth for ..."
4. The Fifteen Decisive Battles of the World: From Matathon to Waterloo by Edward Shepherd Creasy (1851)
"His face was turned toward England, and thither he looked, as though he was about
to shoot. The breeze became soft and sweet, and the sea was smooth for ..."
5. The fifteen decisive battles of the world, from Marathon to Waterloo by Edward Shepherd Creasy (1851)
"His face was turned towards England, and thither, he looked, as though he was
about to shoot. The breeze became soft and sweet, and the sea was smooth for ..."
6. The World's Great Classics by Timothy Dwight, Julian Hawthorne (1899)
"His face was turned towards England, and thither he looked, as though he was
about to shoot. The breeze became soft and sweet, and the sea was smooth for ..."
7. The Great Battles of All Nations from Marathon to Santiago, 490 B. C.--A.D. 1898 by Archibald Wilberforce (1899)
"His face was turned toward England, and thither he looked, as though he was about
to shoot. The breeze became soft and sweet, and the sea was smooth for ..."
8. The Great Battles of All Nations from Marathon to the Surrender of Cronje in by Archibald Wilberforce (1899)
"His face was turned toward England, and thither he looked, as though he was about
to shoot. The breeze became soft and sweet, and the sea was smooth for ..."
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