breezing

verb

Definition of breezingnext
present participle of breeze
1
as in flowing
to move or proceed smoothly and readily we breezed through the line for customs at the airport

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2
as in speeding
to proceed or move quickly the doctor breezed past the people in the waiting room, apparently on his way to an emergency

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Recent Examples of Synonyms for breezing
  1. cruising
  2. zipping
  3. driving
  4. jumping
  5. running
  6. buzzing
Verb
  • Milwaukee had opened up a two-run lead in the seventh inning and appeared to be cruising thanks to back-to-back home runs from Jake Bauers and Sal Frelick.
    Homero De la Fuente, CNN, 4 Oct. 2024
  • One of the unique aspects of cruising is the social dynamic.
    David Nikel, Forbes, 3 Oct. 2024
Definition of cruising
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  • Most novelists freely pump the gas and the brakes, zipping through the boring bits to get to the good ones, but his pacing is remorselessly steady, the metronome locked at 60, one second per second.
    Lev Grossman, The Atlantic, 30 Sep. 2024
  • Quanta Magazine caught up with him a couple of times this year over Zoom to hear why space-time might be fundamental after all, and what the symmetries of the particles zipping around in it might suggest.
    Quanta Magazine, Quanta Magazine, 25 Sep. 2024
Definition of zipping
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  • The driving rats project has opened new and unexpected doors in my behavioral neuroscience research lab.
    Kelly Lambert, Discover Magazine, 14 Nov. 2024
  • Modern cars have almost unilaterally replaced dashboards full of tactile knobs with sleek, iPad-like digital displays, despite concerns these alluring devices might be making distracted driving worse.
    Mack DeGeurin, Popular Science, 13 Nov. 2024
Definition of driving
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  • The jumping-for-beef gag is meme magic in itself — and has helped the Parkour Civilization phenomenon blow up on X (formerly Twitter) in recent days.
    Miles Klee, Rolling Stone, 4 Oct. 2024
  • Nighttime experiences are spookier, with darker lighting and characters in scary masks jumping out to startle visitors.
    Domenica Bongiovanni, The Indianapolis Star, 4 Oct. 2024
Definition of jumping
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  • The work stoppage had threatened to disrupt supply chains, causing shortages of some consumer goods and supplies needed to keep US factories running.
    Chris Isidore and Vanessa Yurkevich, CNN, 4 Oct. 2024
  • Despite a strong stretch drive, their final record of 93-69 left them five games behind the front-running Dodgers in the National League West.
    Dan Schlossberg, Forbes, 4 Oct. 2024
Definition of running
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  • The ongoing geopolitical issues globally have kept the defense stocks buzzing.
    Trefis Team, Forbes, 21 Oct. 2024
  • Those who consume it are plunged into vivid hallucinations, often preceded by a loud buzzing noise, that last between 24 and 48 hours.
    Shayla Love, The Atlantic, 20 Oct. 2024
Definition of buzzing
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