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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 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.
The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition
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