intransitive verb cruised, cruising
- to sail from place to place, as for pleasure or in search of something
- to ride about in a similar manner: a taxi cruises to pick up passengers
- ☆ to go over a wooded area to estimate its lumber yield
- to move at the most efficient speed for sustained travel: said of an aircraft
- to operate at a predetermined speed by use of a regulating mechanism ( cruise control): said of an automobile
- ☆ to go about looking for a sex partner: said esp. of a homosexual
Origin:
< Du kruisen, to cross, cruise < kruis, cross < L crux, cross
noun
the action of cruising; esp., a cruising voyage by ship, often, specif., one taken for pleasure on a cruise ship