breezing
English
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[edit]Verb
[edit]breezing
- present participle and gerund of breeze
- 2014 January 21, Hermione Hoby, “Julia Roberts interview for August: Osage County – 'I might actually go to hell for this […] ': Julia Roberts reveals why her violent, Oscar-nominated performance in August: Osage County made her feel 'like a terrible person' [print version: 'I might actually go to hell for this […] ' (18 January 2014, p. R4)]”, in The Daily Telegraph (Review)[1]:
- She's sitting opposite a window that's gently breezing into her face, wafting her hair into cover-girl perfection […]
Noun
[edit]breezing (plural breezings)
- The act by which a horse is breezed, or taken on a light run.
- 2016, John R. O'Donnell, James Rutherford, Trumped!: The Inside Story of the Real Donald Trump:
- The horse ran bravely, but when he was reined in after five furlongs, the trainer's stopwatch showed his time at 1:03, a full three seconds off his best breezings.