SHOOT THE BREEZE/BULL

Meaning of SHOOT THE BREEZE/BULL in English

talk idly I met him at the supermarket so we decided to shoot the breeze for a few minutes.

English idioms vocab. Словарь английских идиом и выражений. 2012

SHOOT THE BREEZE / BULL — ( NAmE , informal ) to have a conversation in an informal way SYN chat : We sat around in …
Oxford Advanced Learner's English Dictionary
BULL — [c mediumvioletred] (as used in expressions) bull market Bull Moose Party bull terrier Bull John Bull Ole Bornemann bull roarer …
Английский словарь Британика
SHOOT — I. ˈshüt, usu -üd.+V verb ( shot ; shot ˈshät, usu -äd.+V ; also chiefly dialect shot·ten ˈshät ə n …
Webster's New International English Dictionary
BULL — I. ˈbu̇l noun ( -s ) Etymology: Middle English bule, from Old English bula; akin to Old English bulluc young …
Webster's New International English Dictionary
BREEZE — I. noun or breeze fly ˈbrēz ( -s ) Etymology: Middle English breese, brese, from Old English brēosa, brīosa dialect …
Webster's New International English Dictionary
BULL — (v. t.) To endeavor to raise the market price of; as, to bull railroad bonds; to bull stocks; to bull …
Английский словарь Webster
BULL — ( v. t. ) To endeavor to raise the market price of; as, to bull railroad bonds; to bull stocks; …
Webster's Revised Unabridged English Dictionary
SHOOT — shoot 1 /shooht/ , v. , shot, shooting , n. v.t. 1. to hit, wound, damage, kill, or destroy with …
Random House Webster's Unabridged English Dictionary
BULL — bull 1 — bull-like , adj. /bool/ , n. 1. the male of a bovine animal, esp. of the genus …
Random House Webster's Unabridged English Dictionary
BREEZE — breeze 1 — breezeless , adj. — breezelike , adj. /breez/ , n. , v. , breezed, breezing . n. …
Random House Webster's Unabridged English Dictionary
BULL — adj. big and strong like a bull; male; of or pertaining a bull, that resembles a bull; having to do …
Толковый словарь английского языка - Редакция bed
SHOOT — I. ˈshüt verb ( shot ˈshät ; shoot·ing ) Etymology: Middle English sheten, shoten, shuten, from Old English scēotan; akin …
Merriam-Webster's Collegiate English vocabulary
BULL — I. ˈbu̇l, ˈbəl noun Etymology: Middle English bule, from Old English bula; akin to Old Norse boli bull Date: before …
Merriam-Webster's Collegiate English vocabulary
SHOOT — noun a shoat; a young hog. 2. shoot ·noun a young branch or growth. 3. shoot ·noun a rush of …
Webster English vocab
BULL — vi a seal. ·see bulla. 2. bull ·noun taurus, the second of the twelve signs of the zodiac. 3. bull …
Webster English vocab
BREEZE — vi to blow gently. 2. breeze ·noun ·alt. of breeze fly. 3. breeze ·noun a light, gentle wind; a fresh, …
Webster English vocab
SHOOT — [shoot] vb shot ; shoot.ing [ME sheten, shuten, fr. OE sceotan; akin to ON skjota to shoot] vt (bef. 12c) …
Merriam-Webster English vocab
BREEZE — [breeze] n [prob. fr. Sp brisa northeast wind] (1626) 1 a: a light gentle wind b: a wind of from …
Merriam-Webster English vocab
BREEZE — air current designation on the Beaufort scale; it is weaker than a wind, which in turn is weaker than a …
Britannica English vocabulary
SHOOT — / ʃuːt; NAmE / verb , noun , exclamation ■ verb ( shot , shot / ʃɒt; NAmE ʃɑːt/) WEAPON …
Oxford Advanced Learner's English Dictionary
BULL — / bʊl; NAmE / noun 1. [ C ] the male of any animal in the cow family : a …
Oxford Advanced Learner's English Dictionary
BREEZE — / briːz; NAmE / noun , verb ■ noun 1. [ C ] a light wind : a sea breeze …
Oxford Advanced Learner's English Dictionary
SHOOT — I. shoot 1 S2 W2 /ʃuːt/ BrE AmE verb ( past tense and past participle shot /ʃɒt $ ʃɑːt/) [ …
Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
BULL — I. bull 1 /bʊl/ BrE AmE noun [ Sense 1-3, 5-6, 8-9: Language: Old English ; Origin: bula ] [ …
Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
BREEZE — I. breeze 1 /briːz/ BrE AmE noun [countable] [ Date: 1500-1600 ; Language: French ; Origin: brise , perhaps from …
Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
SHOOT — v., n., & int. --v. (past and past part. shot) 1 tr. a cause (a gun, bow, etc.) to fire. …
Английский основной разговорный словарь
BULL — n., adj., & v. --n. 1 a an uncastrated male bovine animal. b a male of the whale, elephant, and …
Английский основной разговорный словарь
SHOOT — v., n., & int. v. (past and past part. shot) 1 tr. a cause (a gun, bow, etc.) to fire. …
Concise Oxford English Dictionary
BULL — n., adj., & v. n. 1 a an uncastrated male bovine animal. b a male of the whale, elephant, and …
Concise Oxford English Dictionary
BREEZE — n. small cinders. breeze-block any lightweight building block, esp. one made from breeze mixed with sand and cement. [ F …
Concise Oxford English Dictionary
SHOOT — v., n., & int. --v. (past and past part. shot) 1. tr. a cause (a gun, bow, etc.) to fire. …
Oxford English vocab
BULL — 1. n., adj., & v. --n. 1. a an uncastrated male bovine animal. b a male of the whale, elephant, …
Oxford English vocab
BREEZE — 1. n. & v. --n. 1. a gentle wind. 2 Meteorol. a wind of 4-31 m.p.h. and between force 2 …
Oxford English vocab
SHOOT — ( shoots, shooting, shot) Frequency: The word is one of the 1500 most common words in English. 1. If someone …
Collins COBUILD Advanced Learner's English Dictionary
BULL — ( bulls) 1. A bull is a male animal of the cow family. N-COUNT 2. Some other male animals, including …
Collins COBUILD Advanced Learner's English Dictionary
BREEZE — ( breezes, breezing, breezed) 1. A breeze is a gentle wind. ...a cool summer breeze. N-COUNT 2. If you breeze …
Collins COBUILD Advanced Learner's English Dictionary
SHOOT — I. verb COLLOCATIONS FROM OTHER ENTRIES a cover photo/shot (= picture on the front cover ) ▪ The picture became …
Longman DOCE5 Extras English vocabulary
BULL — I. noun COLLOCATIONS FROM OTHER ENTRIES bull bars ▪ bullbarred vehicles bull market bull pen bull session ▪ an all-night …
Longman DOCE5 Extras English vocabulary
BREEZE — I. noun COLLOCATIONS FROM OTHER ENTRIES chilly wind/breeze/air etc fresh breeze ▪ a fresh breeze gentle breeze ▪ a gentle …
Longman DOCE5 Extras English vocabulary
BULL — n. bull market Bull Moose Party Bull Run Battles of bull terrier Bull John Bull Ole Bornemann bull roarer Golden …
Britannica Concise Encyclopedia
BREEZE — Synonyms and related words : air, ball the jack, barrel, blast, blow, blow a hurricane, blow great guns, blow over, …
Moby Thesaurus English vocabulary
BREEZE — See: SHOOT THE BREEZE or BAT THE BREEZE or FAN THE BREEZE, WIN IN A WALK or WIN IN A …
Slang English vocab
BULL — A blunder; from one Obadiah Bull, a blundering lawyer of London, who lived in the reign of Henery VII. by …
Slang English vocab
SHOOT — I. noun 1 new part of a plant ADJECTIVE ▪ fresh , green , new , tender , young ▪ …
Oxford Collocations English Dictionary
BREEZE — noun ADJECTIVE ▪ faint , gentle , light , little , slight , soft ▪ stiff , strong ▪ sudden …
Oxford Collocations English Dictionary
SHOOT — INDEX: 1. to fire a gun or other weapon 2. to shoot someone or something 3. to be shot at …
Longman Activator English vocab
BREEZE — n. 25B6; noun a breeze ruffled the leaves : GENTLE WIND, puff of air, gust; Meteorology light air(s); poetic/literary zephyr. …
Concise Oxford Thesaurus English vocabulary
BREEZE — n. 1 breath, puff, zephyr, wind, draught, gust, Nautical cat's-paw A breeze sprang up from the north, and the little …
Oxford Thesaurus English vocab
BREEZE — See: SHOOT THE BREEZE or BAT THE BREEZE or FAN THE BREEZE, WIN IN A WALK or WIN IN A …
Словарь английских идиом
SHOOT — verb 1 BAD : The day after his 35th birthday, he shot 22 innocent people to death. GOOD : The …
Longman Common Errors English vocabulary
SHOOT — 1. сущ. 1) а) охота б) право на охоту, разрешение на отстрел 2) мн. охотники, группа охотников 3) охотничье угодье …
Большой Англо-Русский словарь
BULL — I 1. сущ. 1) бык; буйвол; тж. самец кита, слона, аллигатора и др. крупных животных A bull is to be …
Большой Англо-Русский словарь
BREEZE — I 1. сущ. 1) легкий ветерок, бриз; мор. ветер a breeze blows, comes up ≈ дует легкий ветерок gentle, light, …
Большой Англо-Русский словарь
SHOOT — shoot.ogg _I 1. ʃu:t n 1. 1> охота the shoot is good here - здесь хорошая охота 2> охотничье угодье …
Англо-Русско-Английский словарь общей лексики - Сборник из лучших словарей
BULL — bull.ogg _I 1. bʋl n 1. 1> бык 2> зоол. буйвол ( Bubalus ) 2. самец крупного животного ( кита, …
Англо-Русско-Английский словарь общей лексики - Сборник из лучших словарей
BREEZE — breeze.ogg _I 1. bri:z n 1. 1> (лёгкий) ветерок; бриз 2> мор. ветер 2. разг. ссора, перебранка 3. разг. шёпотом …
Англо-Русско-Английский словарь общей лексики - Сборник из лучших словарей
BREEZE — 1) метео бриз; слабый ветер 2) угольная мелочь • - coke breeze - fresh breeze - gentle breeze - land …
Большой Англо-Русский политехнический словарь
BREEZE — 1) метео бриз; слабый ветер 2) угольная мелочь • - coke breeze - fresh breeze - gentle breeze - land breeze - light breeze - moderate breeze - mountain …
Большой Англо-Русский политехнический словарь - РУССО
SHOOT — shoot сущ.1) а) охота Their return was celebrated by a big shoot in the jungle. — Их возвращение отпраздновали большой …
Англо-Русский словарь Tiger
BREEZE — I breeze сущ.1) легкий ветерок, бриз; мор. ветер a breeze blows, comes up — дует легкий ветерок gentle, light, soft …
Англо-Русский словарь Tiger
SHOOT — _I 1. ʃu:t n 1. 1> охота the shoot is good here - здесь хорошая охота 2> охотничье угодье 3> …
Большой новый Англо-Русский словарь
BULL — _I 1. bʋl n 1. 1> бык 2> зоол. буйвол ( Bubalus ) 2. самец крупного животного ( кита, слона …
Большой новый Англо-Русский словарь
BREEZE — _I 1. bri:z n 1. 1> (лёгкий) ветерок; бриз 2> мор. ветер 2. разг. ссора, перебранка 3. разг. шёпотом передаваемые …
Большой новый Англо-Русский словарь
SHOOT — 1. сущ. 1) а) охота Their return was celebrated by a big shoot in the jungle. — Их возвращение отпраздновали …
Англо-Русский словарь по общей лексике

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