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splits the breeze

splits the breeze is the third-person singular simple present indicative of split the breeze.

Meaning of split the breeze

Verb

split the breeze (third-person singular simple present splits the breeze, present participle splitting the breeze, simple past and past participle split the breeze)

  1. (US, idiomatic) To take up space, causing any breeze to move on either side.
    • Nary bee 'at split the breeze / Ever jabbed a sting in Old 'Bee' Fessler—jes' in fun, / Er in airnest—nary one!1885, James Whitcomb Riley, “Fessler's Bees”, in Gleanings in Bee Culture, volume 13, page 638
  2. (US, idiomatic) To move very quickly; to speed.
    • I falls backward into the open door, Magpie ducks flat on the ground and crawls on his belly around the corner, and Dirty splits the breeze toward town behind his bronc, which seems to have contracted the getaway fever, too.1917, W.C. Tuttle, “The Hen-Punchers of Piperock”, in Adventure, volume 14, page 64
  3. (US, idiomatic) To carry; to pierce the air.
    • Enterprise was acclaimed with a blast of whistles that split the breeze.1951, Allison Danzig, Peter Brandwein, The Greatest Sport Stories from the New York Times

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Splits the breeze is the third-person singular simple present indicative of split the breeze.

Words near splits the breeze in the dictionary

  1. splits off
  2. splits on a rock
  3. splits one's sides
  4. splits the baby
  5. splits the blanket
  6. splits the breeze
  7. splits the difference
  8. splits the G
  9. splits the house
  10. splits the sheets
  11. splits up

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