Breeze

English Meaning

A fly of various species, of the family Tabanidæ, noted for buzzing about animals, and tormenting them by sucking their blood; -- called also horsefly, and gadfly. They are among the largest of two-winged or dipterous insects. The name is also given to different species of botflies.

1. A light current of air; a gentle wind.
2. Any of five winds with speeds of from 4 to 31 miles (6 to 50 kilometers) per hour, according to the Beaufort scale.
3. Informal Something, such as a task, that is easy to do.
4. To blow lightly.
5. Informal To progress swiftly and effortlessly: We breezed through the test.
6. To sprint around a racetrack as a means of exercise. Used of a racehorse.
7. shoot the breeze Slang To engage in idle conversation.
8. The refuse left when coke or charcoal is made.