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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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Breezeless

Breeze"less\, a. Motionless; destitute of breezes.

A stagnant, breezeless air becalms my soul. --Shenstone.
Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary, © 1996, 1998 MICRA, Inc.
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