shooting the breeze (Meaning)

to pass swiftly along, to act against one's own best interests, to cause a missile to be driven out of, a momentary darting sensation, to shoot the breeze, a sending out of new growth or the growth sent out, to spring or rise rapidly or suddenly, to venture all one's capital on one play, to hit or throw (as a ball or puck) toward a goal, to tug one's shirt cuffs below those of one's coat, to put forth in growing, the firing of a missile especially by artillery, to score by so doing, to act or speak hastily without consideration of the consequences, a motion or movement of rapid thrusting, to effect by blasting, to put forth all one's efforts, to cause to move suddenly or swiftly forward, a stem or branch with its leaves and appendages especially when not yet mature, to slide into or out of a fastening, to achieve (a particular score) in a game that involves shooting, develop, mature, to inject (an illicit drug) especially into the bloodstream, to send forth with suddenness or intensity, to push or slide (something, such as the bolt of a door or lock) into or out of a fastening, a hunting trip or party, to cast dice, to dart with a piercing sensation, to dart in or as if in rays from a source of light, to kill by so doing, to take a picture or series of pictures or television images of, to give an injection to, to grow rapidly, protrude, project, to eject or impel or cause to be ejected or impelled by a sudden release of tension (as of a bowstring or slingshot or by a flick of a finger), to go, move, or pass rapidly, to determine the altitude of, to hunt over, the pace between strokes in rowing, to move ahead by force of momentum, to utter (words or sounds) rapidly or suddenly or with force, to use up by or as if by betting, to pass swiftly by, past, or along, the right to shoot game in a particular area or land over which it is held, a round of shots in a shooting match, offshoot sense 1, an act of shooting, to exhaust one's capabilities and resources, to propel a missile, to cause a weapon to discharge a missile, to score by shooting, to variegate as if by sprinkling color in streaks, flecks, or patches, an act of shooting (as with a bow or a firearm), to discharge, dump, or empty especially by overturning, upending, or directing into a slide, to push or thrust forward swiftly, set off, detonate, ignite, to grow or sprout by or as if by putting forth shoots, to propel (something, such as a ball or puck) toward a goal by striking or pushing with part of the body (such as the hand or foot) or with an implement, to go or pass rapidly and precipitately, to plane (something, such as the edge of a board) straight or true, to wound or kill with a missile discharged from a bow or firearm, wreck, explode, to cause an engine or weapon to discharge a missile, to take the altitude of, to emit (light, flame, fumes, etc.) suddenly and rapidly, play entry 2 sense 5a, to drive forth or cause to be driven forth by a sudden release of gas or air, to push or thrust forward, to use a firearm or bow especially for sport (as in hunting), a rush of water down a steep or rapid, to record something (as on film or videotape) with a camera, to cause (something, such as a gun or bow) to propel a missile, to converse idly, to push or slide into or out of a fastening, to drive forth or cause to be driven forth by an explosion (as of a powder charge in a firearm or of ignited fuel in a rocket), a bar of rays, to engage in (a sport or game or a portion of a game that involves shooting), a shooting match, to place or offer (a bet) on the result of casting dice, to send (a marble) forward by snapping the thumb, to strike with a missile from a bow or gun, a place where a stream runs or descends swiftly, to send or carry quickly, thrust sense 3b, a sudden or rapid advance, to aim at, to throw or cast off or out often with force, offshoot, to stream out suddenly, to strike with a missile especially from a bow or gun, to propel an object (such as a ball) in a particular way, to affect by shooting, to engage in the hunting and killing of (game birds or animals) with firearms especially as a sport, the action or an instance of shooting with a camera, shot, to let fly or cause to be driven forward with force, to take or administer (as a drug) by hypodermic needle, to place, send, or bring into position abruptly, a plant stem with its leaves and branches especially when not yet mature, to drive the ball or puck toward a goal, to begin to speak, to remove or destroy by use of firearms