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cruise

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[krooz]

verb (used without object)

cruised, cruising 
  1. to sail about on a pleasure trip.

  2. to sail about, as a warship patrolling a body of water.

  3. to travel about without a particular purpose or destination.

  4. to fly, drive, or sail at a constant speed that permits maximum operating efficiency for sustained travel.

  5. to travel at a moderately fast, easily controllable speed.

    cruising along the highway enjoying the scenery.

  6. to travel about slowly, looking for customers or for something demanding attention.

    Taxis and police cars cruise in the downtown area.

  7. to go or travel (often followed byover ).

    Let's cruise over to my house after the concert.

  8. Informal.to go about on the streets or in public areas in search of a sexual partner.



verb (used with object)

cruised, cruising 
  1. to cruise in (a specified area).

    patrol cars cruising the neighborhood; to cruise the Caribbean.

  2. Informal.

    1. to move slowly through or visit (a street, park, bar, etc.) in search of a sexual partner.

    2. to make sexual overtures to; attempt to arouse the sexual interest of.

  3. to inspect (a tract of forest) for the purpose of estimating lumber potential.

noun

  1. the act of cruising.

  2. a pleasure voyage on a ship, usually with stops at various ports.

Cruise

2

[krooz]

noun

  1. Tom Thomas Cruise Mapother, 4th, born 1962, U.S. film actor.

cruise

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/ ː /

verb

  1. (intr) to make a trip by sea in a liner for pleasure, usually calling at a number of ports

  2. to sail or travel over (a body of water) for pleasure in a yacht, cruiser, etc

  3. (intr) to search for enemy vessels in a warship

  4. (intr) (of a vehicle, aircraft, or vessel) to travel at a moderate and efficient speed

  5. informal(intr) to search the streets or other public places for a sexual partner

“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012

noun

  1. an act or instance of cruising, esp a trip by sea

“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012

Cruise

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/ ː /

noun

  1. Tom. original name Thomas Cruise Mapother. born 1962, US film actor; his films include Risky Business (1983), Top Gun (1986), Jerry Maguire (1989), Eyes Wide Shut (1999), War of the Worlds (2005), and Valkyrie (2008)

“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012
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Other 51Թ Forms

  • cruisingly adverb
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51Թ History and Origins

Origin of cruise1

1645–55; < Dutch kruisen to cross, cruise, derivative of kruis cross
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51Թ History and Origins

Origin of cruise1

C17: from Dutch kruisen to cross, from cruis cross ; related to French croiser to cross, cruise, Spanish cruzar, German kreuzen
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They then cruise along the coastline, like taxis or buses, picking up their paying customers who now wait in the sea, out of reach of the police.

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Aryan loved the roaring sound of the engine fill the air and then grow louder as the plane cruised above him, leaving behind chalky threads of contrail in the sky,

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Other signs called for a ban on the giant cruise ships that dock here, with one announcing that over-tourism is "killing" the city.

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“That last 100, I’m usually really, really hurting. But I flipped at the 200, and I was just cruising,” McIntosh said.

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A total of seven ballistic and cruise missiles were also fired at the capital.

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