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bat the breeze

bat the breeze verb: to chat; to shoot the breeze.

Verb

bat the breeze (third-person singular simple present bats the breeze, present participle batting the breeze, simple past and past participle batted the breeze)

  1. (US, idiomatic) To chat; to shoot the breeze.

Forms of bat the breeze

third-person singular presentbats the breeze
present participlebatting the breeze
past participlebatted the breeze
pastbatted the breeze

Questions about bat the breeze

What does bat the breeze mean?
Bat the breeze means to chat; to shoot the breeze.
What part of speech is bat the breeze?
Bat the breeze is a verb.
What is the past tense of bat the breeze?
The past tense of bat the breeze is batted the breeze.

Words near bat the breeze in the dictionary

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  3. bat speeds
  4. bat star
  5. bat stars
  6. bat the breeze
  7. bat tick
  8. bat ticks
  9. bat wing
  10. bat wings
  11. bat'leth

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