cruise
IPA: krˈuz
noun
- A sea or lake voyage, especially one taken for pleasure.
- (aeronautics) Portion of aircraft travel at a constant airspeed and altitude between ascent and descent phases.
- (US, military, informal) A period spent in the Marine Corps.
- A car enthusiasts' event where they drive their vehicles in a group. See Cruising (driving).
- (bodybuilding, slang) A period of reducing the dosage of PEDs instead of cycling them off as opposed to a full-dosed cycle (blast).
- A small cup; cruse.
- A surname from Anglo-Norman.
verb
- (intransitive) To sail about, especially for pleasure.
- (intransitive) To travel at constant speed for maximum operating efficiency.
- (transitive) To move about an area leisurely in the hope of discovering something, or looking for custom.
- (transitive, intransitive, forestry) To inspect (forest land) for the purpose of estimating the quantity of lumber it will yield.
- (transitive, intransitive, colloquial) To actively seek a romantic partner or casual sexual partner by moving about a particular area; to troll.
- (transitive, colloquial) To attempt to pick up as a casual sexual partner; hit on
- (intransitive, child development) To walk while holding on to an object (stage in development of ambulation, typically occurring at 10 months).
- (intransitive, sports) To win easily and convincingly.
- (intransitive) To take part in a cruise (car enthusiasts' event where they drive their vehicles in a group).
- (bodybuilding, slang) To have a period of reducing the dosage of PEDs instead of cycling them off as opposed to going through a full-dosed cycle (blast).
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Examples of "cruise" in Sentences
- The cruise ship was titanic.
- The cruise is through the big Lake.
- He has two skiffs and one cruise ship.
- Also nearby was the cruise ship Majesty of the Seas.
- I hope this cruise is a sucess for everyone involved.
- 'Lynch' next cruised athwart the transatlantic shipping lanes.
- The Port can accommodate the largest cruise ships in the world.
- The word cruise conjures up a different notion in every individual.
- The Story begins with the wreckage of a cruise ship in the Pacific Ocean.
- The lifeboat slowly went to the ocean and released him from the cruise ship.
- Myleene Klass is the official godmother of the cruise ship Carnival Splendor.
- The new ship carries on the same cruise itineraries as the Regal Empress did.
- Actually, it ended at six goals, the USA in cruise control the rest of the afternoon.
- ROBERTS: Yes, it's a 360-foot, what they call a cruise ship, really it's more like a large river boat, if you will.
- And the ship, having just finished its shakedown cruise, is just in too bad a shape for me to believe Starfleet would have ever let it leave spacedock.
- Referred to simply as the Gothic Cruise (for brevity), this cruise is for fans of goth and industrial music and has been held annually for the past 15 years.
- But it's a more balanced account than you generally get from such television specials, and anyone who has been on a cruise is likely to find it entertaining and at times enlightening.
- Take the cruise from the Arsenal boat docks to the end of the line at the other side of Paris, it goes thru the 10th and has the bridges from "Amelie" -- go the the markets at Bastille and Aligre. bonnie roquebrun/san diego
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