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Verb: shoot the breeze
Usage: N. Amer
  1. Talk socially without exchanging too much information
    "the men were sitting in the cafe and shooting the breeze"
    - chew the fat, chat, confabulate, confab, chitchat, chit-chat, chatter, chaffer, natter, gossip, jaw, claver [UK, dialect], visit, gas, gab

Derived forms: shoots the breeze, shooting the breeze, shot the breeze

Type of: converse, discourse

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shoofly
shoofly pie
shoo-in
shook
shoot
shoot a line
shoot craps
shoot down
shoot for
shoot one's mouth off
shoot the breeze
shoot up
shoot-down
shoot-'em-up
shooter
shooting
shooting box
shooting brake
shooting gallery
shooting iron
shooting lodge