Usually means: Casual conversation, often exaggerating slightly.
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  1. shoot the bull: Merriam-Webster
  2. shoot the bull: Collins English Dictionary
  3. shoot the bull: Wiktionary
  4. shoot the bull: Dictionary.com
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  1. shoot the bull: Urban Dictionary

Definitions from Wiktionary (shoot the bull)

verb:  (idiomatic) To chinwag; to talk idly.

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