Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

shooting the breeze

Word Rarity Rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 3.81 in modern English

Syllables
shoot-ing the breeze
IPA
35
Scrabble Score
17
Letters
2
Syllables
11
Unique Chars

Meaning

verb

present participle and gerund of shoot the breeze

Questions

What does shooting the breeze mean?
present participle and gerund of shoot the breeze

How to pronounce shooting the breeze

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