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breeze

1  [breez] noun, verb, breezed, breez⋅ing.
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–noun
1. a wind or current of air, esp. a light or moderate one.
2. a wind of 4–31 mph (2–14 m/sec).
3. Informal. an easy task; something done or carried on without difficulty: Finding people to join in the adventure was a breeze.
4. Chiefly British Informal. a disturbance or quarrel.
–verb (used without object)
5. (of the wind) to blow a breeze (usually used impersonally with it as subject): It breezed from the west all day.
6. to move in a self-confident or jaunty manner: She breezed up to the police officer and asked for directions.
7. Informal. to proceed quickly and easily; move rapidly without intense effort (often fol. by along, into, or through): He breezed through the task. The car breezed along the highway.
–verb (used with object)
8. to cause to move in an easy or effortless manner, esp. at less than full speed: The boy breezed the horse around the track.
—Verb phrases
9. breeze in, Slang.
a. to win effortlessly: He breezed in with an election plurality of 200,000.
b. Also, breeze into or out. to move or act with a casual or careless attitude: He breezed out without paying attention to anyone.
10. breeze up, Atlantic States. to become windy.
—Idiom
11. shoot or bat the breeze, Slang.
a. to converse aimlessly; chat.
b. to talk nonsense or exaggerate the truth: He likes to shoot the breeze, so don't take everything he says seriously.
Origin:
1555–65; earlier brize, brise north or northeast wind; cf. D bries, East Fris brîse, F brize, Sp, Pg, Catalan brisa, It brezza; orig. and path of transmission disputed

Related forms:
breezeless, adjective
breezelike, adjective

Synonyms:
1. See wind 1 .
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breeze

2  [breez]
–noun
1. cinders, ash, or dust from coal, coke, or charcoal.
2. concrete, brick, or cinder block in which such materials form a component.
Origin:
1720–30; var. of dial. brays < F braise live coals, cinders; see braze 2
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breeze 1   (brēz)   
n.  

  1. A light current of air; a gentle wind.

  2. Any of five winds with speeds of from 4 to 27 knots (5 to 31 miles per hour; 7 to 50 kilometers per hour), according to the Beaufort scale.

  3. Informal Something, such as a task, that is easy to do.

intr.v.   breezed, breez·ing, breez·es

  1. To blow lightly.

  2. Informal To progress swiftly and effortlessly: We breezed through the test.

  3. To sprint around a racetrack as a means of exercise. Used of a racehorse.


[Perhaps from Old Spanish briza, northeast wind.]
Synonyms: These nouns denote something easily accomplished: The exam was a breeze. Chopping onions is a cinch with a food processor. Winning the playoffs was no pushover. The new computer program was a snap to learn.
breeze 2   (brēz)   
n.  The refuse left when coke or charcoal is made.

[Probably from French braise, hot coals, from Old French brese, of Germanic origin; see bhreu- in Indo-European roots.]
The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition
Copyright © 2009 by Houghton Mifflin Company.
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Slang Dictionary
breeze

  1. n.
    an easy task. : Nothing to it. It was a breeze.
Dictionary of American Slang and Colloquial Expressions by Richard A. Spears.Fourth Edition.
Copyright 2007. Published by McGraw Hill.
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Word Origin & History

breeze 
1565, "north or northeast wind," from O.Sp. briza "cold northeast wind;" in W.Indies and Spanish Main, the sense shifting to "northeast trade wind," then "fresh wind from the sea." Eng. sense of "gentle or light wind" is from 1626. An alternate possibility is E.Fris. brisen "to blow fresh and strong." The slang for "something easy" is Amer.Eng., c.1928; breezeway is 1931, Amer.Eng.; breezy "easygoing, jovial" is from 1870.
Online Etymology Dictionary, © 2001 Douglas Harper
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Idioms & Phrases

breeze

In addition to the idiom beginning with breeze, also see hands down (in a breeze); shoot the breeze.

The American Heritage® Dictionary of Idioms by Christine Ammer.
Copyright © 1997. Published by Houghton Mifflin.
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Encyclopedia

breeze

air current designation on the Beaufort scale; it is weaker than a wind, which in turn is weaker than a gale. Breeze also denotes various local winds (e.g., sea breeze, land breeze, valley breeze, mountain breeze) generated by unequal diurnal heating and cooling of adjacent areas of the Earth's surface. These breezes are strongest in warm, clear, dry weather, when daytime insolation, or solar radiation, is most intense. They may be reinforced or prevented by winds of passing pressure systems

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