shooting the bull
1shoot\ the\ bull — • shoot the breeze • bat the breeze • fan the breeze • shoot the bull v. phr. 1. slang To talk. Jim shot the breeze with his neighbor while the children were playing. Come into the kitchen and we ll bat the breeze over a cup of coffee. The women… …
2shoot the bull — verb To chinwag; to talk idly. Shooting the bull with Benny and Elvira while Nelson skitters around out there in the lake of rooftops, selling used cars like hotcakes. Syn: shoot the breeze …
3shoot the bull — AND shoot the crap; shoot the shit tv. to chat and gossip. (The same as throw the bull. Use caution with crap; shit.) □ Let’s get together sometime and shoot the bull. □ You spend too much time shooting the crap …
4shoot the bull — shoot the breeze/bull/american informal phrase to spend time talking about unimportant things Thesaurus: to have a conversation with someonesynonym Main entry: shoot * * * shoot the ˈbreeze/ˈb …
5shoot the bull — shoot the breeze/bull American, informal to talk in a relaxed way about things that are not important. We sat out on the porch until late, just shooting the breeze …
6shoot the bull — vb to chat inconsequentially ► They were just standing around shooting the breeze when it all went off. (Recorded, US student, Palo Alto, Octo ber 2003) …
7bull — bull1 bull like, adj. /bool/, n. 1. the male of a bovine animal, esp. of the genus Bos, with sexual organs intact and capable of reproduction. 2. the male of certain other animals, as the elephant and moose. 3. a large, solidly built person. 4. a …
8Bull's Eye Shooter Supply — is a gun shop in Tacoma, Washington that gained notoriety following the three week long murder spree in the fall of 2002 which came to be known as the Beltway Sniper Attacks because they occurred near the circumferential Capital Beltway… …
9shooting — [sho͞ot′iŋ] n. the act or an instance of shooting a gun, specif., one that results in wounding or killing * * * ➡ field sports * * * Sport of gun marksmanship. It typically involves firing at targets with rifles, pistols, and shotguns. World… …
10The Imaginarium of Doctor Parnassus — Theatrical release poster Directed by Terry Gilliam …
