cruise

Substantiv

1. 1

   A sea or lake voyage, especially one taken for pleasure.

   Judge Short had gone to town, and Farrar was off for a three days' cruise up the lake. I was bitterly regretting I had not gone with him when the distant notes of a coach horn reached my ear, and I descried a four-in-hand winding its way up the inn road from the direction of Mohair.

   He departed with the Naniwa and the Hashidate²⁰ for a two day cruise, skirting the Wuchiu and Hui Ch’uan Islands and the shore of Fukien Province.

2. 2

   Portion of aircraft travel at a constant airspeed and altitude between ascent and descent phases.

3. 3

   umgangssprachlichA period spent in the Marine Corps.

   I ended my cruise of four years in the Marine Corps at the first Officers' Training Camp for enlisted men at Quantico […]

   The New Orleans had to have numerous alterations made, and as the Chicago was just about going into commission, I was ordered to that ship to finish my cruise.

4. 4

   A car enthusiasts' event where they drive their vehicles in a group.

   Near-synonym: car show

5. 5

   SlangA period of reducing the dosage of PEDs instead of cycling them off as opposed to a full-dosed cycle (blast).

Verb

1. 1

   To sail about, especially for pleasure.

   He and Gerald usually challenged the rollers in a sponson canoe when Gerald was there for the weekend; or, when Lansing came down, the two took long swims seaward or cruised about in Gerald's dory, clad in their swimming-suits; and Selwyn's youth became renewed in a manner almost ridiculous,[…].

2. 2

   To travel at constant speed for maximum operating efficiency.

3. 3

   To move about an area leisurely in the hope of discovering something, or looking for custom.

4. 4

   To inspect (forest land) for the purpose of estimating the quantity of lumber it will yield.

5. 5

   To actively seek a romantic partner or casual sexual partner by moving about a particular area; to troll.

6. 6

   To attempt to pick up as a casual sexual partner; hit on

   1970-1975, Lou Sullivan, personal diary, quoted in 2019, Ellis Martin, Zach Ozma (editors), We Both Laughed In Pleasure Lot of not too bad looking boys there but when M came in I knew right then: him. Very thin & feminine, brown hair fluffed around his sharp featured face. So I began cruising him.

   I saw you cruise that white guy over there. The one with the wavy hair (yeah). I cruised him too, but I couldn't get through.

   We see him [Joseph Huff-Hannon] approach several sets of men to ak if they have "a minute to talk about climate change"; they dismiss him out of hand, clearly more interesting in playing volleyball and cruising—including cruising Huff-Hannon himself—than in listening to bad news.

7. 7

   To walk while holding on to an object (stage in development of ambulation, typically occurring at 10 months).

8. 8

   To win easily and convincingly.

   Germany cruised to a World Cup victory over the short-handed Australians.

9. 9

   To take part in a cruise (car enthusiasts' event where they drive their vehicles in a group).

10. 10

    SlangTo have a period of reducing the dosage of PEDs instead of cycling them off as opposed to going through a full-dosed cycle (blast).

    blast and cruise

Substantiv

1. 1

   A small cup; cruse.

   And she said, As the Lord thy God liveth, I have not a cake, but an handful of meal in a barrel, and a little oil in a cruse: and, behold, I am gathering two sticks, that I may go in and dress it for me and my son, that we may eat it, and die.

Formen

Plural

cruises

Präteritum

cruised

Partizip II

cruised

Partizip I

cruising

3. Person Singular

cruises