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

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

Type of: converse, discourse

Encyclopedia: Shoot the breeze