noun, verb, breezed, breez⋅ing.| 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. |
| 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. |
| 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. |
| 9. | breeze in, Slang.
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| 10. | breeze up, Atlantic States. to become windy. |
| 11. | shoot or bat the breeze, Slang.
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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]
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]