Breeze (noun) Definition, Meaning & Examples

noun
  1. a wind or current of air, especially a light or moderate one.
  2. a wind of 4–31 miles per hour (2–14 meters per second).
  3. an easy task; something done or carried on without difficulty: Finding people to join in the adventure was a breeze.
  4. a disturbance or quarrel.
verb (used without object), breezed, breez·ing.
  1. (of the wind) to blow a breeze (usually used impersonally with it as subject): It breezed from the west all day.
  2. to move in a self-confident or jaunty manner: She breezed up to the police officer and asked for directions.
  3. to proceed quickly and easily; move rapidly without intense effort (often followed by along, into, or through): He breezed through the task.The car breezed along the highway.
verb (used with object), breezed, breez·ing.
  1. to cause to move in an easy or effortless manner, especially at less than full speed: The boy breezed the horse around the track.
Verb Phrases
  1. breeze in, Informal.
    • to win effortlessly: He breezed in with an election plurality of 200,000.
    • to move or act with a casual or careless attitude: He breezed out without paying attention to anyone.
  2. to become windy.
Idioms
  1. to converse aimlessly; chat: We sat around most of the afternoon, just shooting the breeze.
noun
  1. cinders, ash, or dust from coal, coke, or charcoal.
  2. concrete, brick, or cinder block in which such materials form a component.
noun
  1. a gentle or light wind
  2. a wind of force two to six inclusive on the Beaufort scale
  3. an easy task or state of ease
  4. a disturbance, esp a lively quarrel
  5. to chat
verb (intr)
  1. to move quickly or casually
  2. (of wind) to blow
noun
  1. an archaic or dialect name for the gadfly
noun
  1. ashes of coal, coke, or charcoal used to make breeze blocks
Breeze (noun) Definition, Meaning & Examples

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