shoot the breeze

shoot the breeze
verb
talk socially without exchanging too much information
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the men were sitting in the cafe and shooting the breeze

• Syn:
↑chew the fat, ↑chat, ↑confabulate, ↑confab, ↑chitchat, ↑chit-chat, ↑chatter, ↑chaffer, ↑natter, ↑gossip, ↑jaw, ↑claver, ↑visit
• Derivationally related forms:
↑visitor (for: ↑visit), ↑gossip (for: ↑gossip), ↑chatter (for: ↑chatter), ↑chatterer (for: ↑chatter), ↑chitchat (for: ↑chitchat), ↑confabulation (for: ↑confabulate), ↑chat (for: ↑chat), ↑chit chat (for: ↑chitchat), ↑chit-chat (for: ↑chitchat)
• Hypernyms: ↑converse, ↑discourse
• Hyponyms: ↑shmooze, ↑shmoose, ↑schmooze, ↑schmoose, ↑jawbone
• Verb Frames:
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Somebody ——s

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phrasal or bat the breeze
: to engage in small talk : gossip

we lounged around, drinking and shooting the breeze, when all of a sudden the conversation took a serious turn — Frederic Wakeman

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shoot the breeze (informal)
To chat inconsequentially
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Main Entry: ↑shoot

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shoot the breeze/bull/american informal phrase
to spend time talking about unimportant things
Thesaurus: to have a conversation with someonesynonym
Main entry: shoot

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I
see shoot
II shoot the breeze (or the bull)
informal have a casual conversation

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shoot the breeze — see ↑shoot, 1
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Main Entry: ↑breeze
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shoot the breeze (also shoot the bull)
US informal : to talk informally about unimportant things

I enjoy shooting the breeze with my neighbors.

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Main Entry: ↑shoot

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shoot the ˈbreeze/ˈbull idiom
(NAmE, informal) to have a conversation in an informal way
Syn: ↑chat

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We sat around in the bar, shooting the breeze.

Main entry: ↑shootidiom

Useful english dictionary. 2012.

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  • shoot the breeze — or[bat the breeze] or[fan the breeze] or [shoot the bull] {v. phr.}, {slang} To talk. * /Jim shot the breeze with his neighbor while the children were playing./ * /Come into the kitchen and we ll bat the breeze over a cup of coffee./ * /The women …   Dictionary of American idioms

  • shoot the breeze — or[bat the breeze] or[fan the breeze] or [shoot the bull] {v. phr.}, {slang} To talk. * /Jim shot the breeze with his neighbor while the children were playing./ * /Come into the kitchen and we ll bat the breeze over a cup of coffee./ * /The women …   Dictionary of American idioms

  • shoot\ the\ breeze — • shoot the breeze • bat the breeze • fan the breeze • shoot the bull v. phr. 1. slang To talk. Jim shot the breeze with his neighbor while the children were playing. Come into the kitchen and we ll bat the breeze over a cup of coffee. The women… …   Словарь американских идиом

  • shoot the breeze — • shoot the breeze • shoot the bull talk idly I met him at the supermarket so we decided to shoot the breeze for a few minutes …   Idioms and examples

  • shoot the breeze — When you shoot the breeze, you chat in a relaxed way …   The small dictionary of idiomes

  • shoot the breeze — shoot the breeze/bull American, informal to talk in a relaxed way about things that are not important. We sat out on the porch until late, just shooting the breeze …   New idioms dictionary

  • shoot the breeze — [v] chat, converse BS*, chatter, chew the fat*, gab*, palaver, prate, prattle*, run off at the mouth*, schmooze*, shoot the bull*, yack*, yap*; concept 266 …   New thesaurus

  • shoot the breeze — ► shoot the breeze (or the bull) N. Amer. informal have a casual conversation. Main Entry: ↑shoot …   English terms dictionary

  • shoot the breeze — tv. to chat casually and without purpose. □ We spent the entire fternoon just shooting the breeze. □ It was good to shoot the breeze with you, Mary …   Dictionary of American slang and colloquial expressions

  • shoot the breeze (or the bull) N. Amer. — shoot the breeze (or the bull) N. Amer. informal have a casual conversation. → shoot …   English new terms dictionary

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