Definition of shooting the breeze

shoot the breeze    

verb

• to chat.
  • See more words with the same meaning: to say, speak, talk.

  Last edited on Dec 14 2002. Submitted by Skippy from Newnan, GA, USA on Dec 14 2002.

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Slang terms with the same meaning

Other terms relating to 'to say, speak, talk':
go there	Definitions include: to mention or ask something that a person doesn't want to talk about.
carry on	Definitions include: to fuss or whine at length.
epizootics of the blowhole	Definitions include: a metaphorical disease where one speaks at length about something one knows nothing about.
chatterbox	Definitions include: a person who talks a lot.
on the tip of (one's) tongue	Definitions include: about to be remembered.
blabber	Definitions include: idle talk.
jabber	Definitions include: to talk at length.
go	Definitions include: to say.
yack	Definitions include: to vomit.
use (one's) words	Definitions include: to speak rather than resort to violence.
conversate	Definitions include: to converse.
motor-mouth	Definitions include: a person who talks excessively.
yap	Definitions include: to talk incessantly.
convo	Definitions include: "conversation".
dish	Definitions include: to gossip.
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Slang terms with the same root words

Other terms relating to 'breeze':
breeze	Definitions include: talking rubbish. Comes from the longer term "chatting breeze", meaning it's just a load of hot air.
Other terms relating to 'shoot':
crap shoot	Definitions include: something with an unpredictable outcome.
pea-shooter	Definitions include: a low-powered firearm.
poop shoot	Definitions include: misspelling of poop chute.
puke shooter	Definitions include: burping up a bubble of puke.
shoot	Definitions include: a general exclamation.
shoot a round	Definitions include: to fight or slap box for bout 50 seconds at the most
shoot blanks	Definitions include: to have non-functioning semen.
shoot bunnies	Definitions include: to flatulate; "fart".
shoot hoops	Definitions include: to play basketball.
shooting gallery	Definitions include: a place where people inject illegal drugs.
shoot off at the mouth	Definitions include: to speak without discretion.
shoot (one's) load	Definitions include: to ejaculate.
shoot (one's) mouth off	Definitions include: to speak unwisely.
shoot (one's) wad	Definitions include: to ejaculate.
shoot the beaver	Definitions include: to sit with your legs spread apart while wearing a skirt.
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Other terms relating to 'the':
101 scoop, the	Definitions include: the real information or the proof, instruction, the know how, where, when, and why about something or someone.
2-10, the	Definitions include: walking, generally as opposed to driving.
3rd degree, the	Definitions include: interrogation.
3 sheets to the wind	Definitions include: extremely intoxicated
411, the	Definitions include: information.
a bird in the hand is worth two in the bush.	Definitions include: something you have now is worth more than two things you have just a chance of getting.
about the size of it	Definitions include: a good estimate.
ace in the hole	Definitions include: a secret advantage.
across the board	Definitions include: inclusive.
add fuel to the fire	Definitions include: to make a bad situation worse.
against the clock	Definitions include: with the amount of time left to finish a task rapidly disappearing.
ahead of the curve	Definitions include: having an opinion or belief prior to it becoming common or popular.
aim Archie at the adamant	Definitions include: of a male, to urinate.
ain't no fun when the rabbit got the gun	Definitions include: Someone being butthurt over having something, they do to others regularly, done to the them
a little on the side	Definitions include: secret sexual activity with a person other than one's partner.
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