Idioms for breeze

    shoot/bat the breeze, Slang.
    1. to converse aimlessly; chat.
    2. to talk nonsense or exaggerate the truth: He likes to shoot the breeze, so don't take everything he says seriously.

Origin of breeze

1
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

SYNONYMS FOR breeze

1 See wind1.
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OTHER WORDS FROM breeze

breeze·less, adjective breeze·like, adjective

Words nearby breeze

breeding, breeding ground, breeks, breen, breenge, breeze, breeze block, breeze in, breezeway, breezy, bregenz

Words related to breeze in

land, appear, visit, reach, enter, report, permeate, drill, seep, crack, pervade, puncture, invade, infiltrate, materialize, hit, get, move, show, become

British Dictionary definitions for breeze in (1 of 3)

breeze 1
/ (briːz) /

noun

verb (intr)

to move quickly or casually he breezed into the room
(of wind) to blow the south wind breezed over the fields

Word Origin for breeze

C16: probably from Old Spanish briza northeast wind

British Dictionary definitions for breeze in (2 of 3)

breeze 2
/ (briːz) /

noun

an archaic or dialect name for the gadfly

Word Origin for breeze

Old English briosa, of unknown origin

British Dictionary definitions for breeze in (3 of 3)

breeze 3
/ (briːz) /

noun

ashes of coal, coke, or charcoal used to make breeze blocks

Word Origin for breeze

C18: from French braise live coals; see braise

Idioms and Phrases with breeze in (1 of 2)

breeze in
1

Arrive in a casual way, as in She breezed in, two hours late. This phrase transfers the blowing of a light wind to human entrances. [Colloquial; c. 1900]

2

Win easily, as in A fine golfer, he breezed in first. This usage at first alluded to horse racing but soon was transferred to more general use. [c. 1900]

Idioms and Phrases with breeze in (2 of 2)

breeze