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SHOOT THE BREEZE

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• SHOOT THE BREEZE (verb)
The verb SHOOT THE BREEZE has 1 sense:

1. talk socially without exchanging too much information

Familiarity information: SHOOT THE BREEZE used as a verb is very rare.

• SHOOT THE BREEZE (verb)

Sense 1

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Meaning:

Talk socially without exchanging too much information

Classified under:

Verbs of telling, asking, ordering, singing

Synonyms:

confab; chat; shoot the breeze; chew the fat; chitchat; claver; natter; jaw; gossip; confabulate; chaffer; chatter; visit

Context example:

the men were sitting in the cafe and shooting the breeze

Hypernyms (to "shoot the breeze" is one way to...):

converse; discourse (carry on a conversation)

Troponyms (each of the following is one way to "shoot the breeze"):

jawbone; schmoose; schmooze; shmoose; shmooze (talk idly or casually and in a friendly way)

Sentence frame:

Somebody ----s

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(Corsican proverb)

Useful links:
Pronunciation of discourse
Meaning of jawbone
Meaning of schmoose
Meaning of schmooze
Meaning of shmoose

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