breezer

English

Etymology

From breeze +‎ -er, the drink originated as a brand name: Bacardi Breezer.

Noun

breezer (plural breezers)

1. A (pre-mixed) alcoholic drink containing rum and a fruit flavor like orange.
   • 2008 03, Blind Date, Lulu.com, →ISBN, page 40:

     I'd like a vodka-lime, with a dash of gin and then a passion, a malibu juice, I'd like a vodka-lime, with a dash of gin and then a passion, a malibu juice, but not too strong...a calvados, 2 bacardi breezers, orange and tropical, […]

   • 2009, Josine Junger-Tas, Ineke Haen Marshall, Dirk Enzmann, Juvenile Delinquency in Europe and Beyond, page 176:

     A large proportion reported on having drunk beer, wine, cider or breezers than having consumed spirits.

   • 2010 February 10, Dewanand, Holland: Paradise or Hell?, AuthorHouse, →ISBN, page 185:

     A few years ago the breezer was introduced in the Dutch markets. A breezer contains a considerable amount of pure alcohol. Among young people it became the rage to drink a few breezers during a party or in a pub.

   • 2020 July 7, Alexis Hall, Boyfriend Material, Sourcebooks, Inc., →ISBN:

     What flavour breezers do you have?” Peter perked up. “Good question. I think...some pink ones? And maybe some orange ones? And possibly a slightly different orange one that might be peach?” “I'll take the slightly different orange one.”

   • 2020, Yashika Bharadwaj, The Road to Becoming an Officer & a Gentleman, page 67:

     The Adjutant very lovingly called him to his side and said “So you want to give him a breezer, eh? Advocating alcohol in the academy eh?

2. A school of fish that swim near the surface of the water, causing ripples that look similar to those caused by a light breeze on still water.
   • 1977 January 1, Michael K. Orbach, Hunters, Seamen, and Entrepreneurs: The Tuna Seinermen of San Diego, Univ of California Press, →ISBN, page 84:

     Boilers and foamers are not really classified as kinds of breezers by the fishermen , although many times they share the breezers' attribute of concealing from sight what is creating the surface condition .

   • 1984, Collected Reprints:

     Perhaps the most striking difference is the almost complete lack of jumping and boiling schools in the southern area and the predominance of breezers in this same area ( Table 3 ) . These differences may reflect differences in the […]

   • 1994 March 14-17, Second Dolphin-Safe Research Planning Workshop), Administrative Report LJ, page 19:

     At present, fixed-wing aircraft and / or satellites would be required to see surface effects of tuna schools such as breezers or feeding aggregations. Existing systems are being used to study surface features in various ways […]

3. (plumbing) A vertical pipe attached to a septic system's distribution pipe that rises above the ground to provide ventilation.
   • 1979, Peter Warshall, John H. Timothy Winneberger, Greg Hewlett, Septic Tank Practices, page 128:

     A minimum of one breezer for every 200 linear feet of distribution pipe and one breezer at the end of the distribution pipe are adequate.

   • 1984, John H. Timothy Winneberger, Septic-tank Systems: A Consultant's Toolkit, page 6:

     Apparently originating in Canada, sometimes the perforated distribution pipe is fitted with vertical sections of solid pipe rising above ground level. Those breezers ( or breathers ) are fitted with protective caps, but ones through which air can freely flow.

4. (physics) A bound state of solitons and antisolitons.
   • 1986, Soviet Physics, Doklady - Volume 31, Issues 1-6, page 502:

     In this paper we consider the dynamics of solitons and breezers in a NLC subjected to a variable magnetic field.

   • 2001, Vladimir I. Ustyugov, Solid State Lasers, page 115:

     There are the possibilities for multipulse generation ( Fig 6 ), generation of the breezer- like pulse and its subsequent disintegration ( Fig 7 ), and the collapse of the pulse into several pulses ( Fig . 8 ).

5. A window with horizontal openings, designed for ventilation.
   • 1955, Ray Gill, How to Build 20 Cabins: Modern, Rustic, Prefab, page 62:

     The rear window we cut down to 41 in. on a level with the breezer, and made the kitchen window the same size.

6. An open-air trolley.
   • 1971, The Commonwealth - Volume 38, page 8:

     Antique trolleys, too, are in the plan: regular excursions in the picturesque "breezers" would take visitors across Belle Isle and through James park.

   • 2010, Sayre Historical Society, Sayre:

     Years before airconditioning, the breezers, which were open on all sides, gave trolley customers naturally cool air.