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Cruise   /kruz/   Listen
Cruise

noun
1.
An ocean trip taken for pleasure.  Synonym: sail.
verb
(past & past part. cruised; pres. part. cruising)
1.
Drive around aimlessly but ostentatiously and at leisure.
2.
Travel at a moderate speed.
3.
Look for a sexual partner in a public place.
4.
Sail or travel about for pleasure, relaxation, or sightseeing.



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"Cruise" Quotes from Famous Books



... had been light all night, and the Ione had made little progress; but as the morning broke a breeze sprang up from the northward, and she hauled in a little to fetch the easternmost of the islands, among which she was about to cruise. A Greek pilot had been taken on board on the Zone's first entering the Archipelago. He was a clever old fellow, and he undertook to carry the ship in safety through all the dangers with which ...
— The Pirate of the Mediterranean - A Tale of the Sea • W.H.G. Kingston
... gentlemen," said 'Hamilton, "that we are bound simply on a pleasure cruise. I was not willing that a German raider should interfere with the prescription of an ocean voyage ordered by, my ...
— The Boy Allies with Uncle Sams Cruisers • Ensign Robert L. Drake
... more to tell about our trip to Catskill Landing, but you just wait, and there'll be a lot to tell you about our cruise down again. Don't be in a hurry—just you wait. More haste, less speed. But take it from me, you don't get much speed out of a house-boat. A house-boat belongs to the merry-go-round family, ...
— Roy Blakeley's Adventures in Camp • Percy Keese Fitzhugh
... to miss a thing," agreed Chunky solemnly. "I see I've been missing a great deal lately. I don't propose to miss another thing as long as I'm out on this cruise." ...
— The Pony Rider Boys with the Texas Rangers • Frank Gee Patchin
... our little craft from the crowded deck of the other boat. Sometimes a very distinguished person or two is aboard the yacht with our little company, personages known to the Bey, who having arrived on the passenger-boat, accept invitations for a cruise around the island, or to dine aboard the yacht as she rides at anchor before the town. But the advent of the " Americanish Velocipediste " and his glistening machine, a wonderful thing that Prinkipo never saw the like of before, creates a genuine sensation, and becomes the subject of ...
— Around the World on a Bicycle V1 • Thomas Stevens


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