noun |
1. The act or an instance of cruising, especially a sea voyage for pleasure. |
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verb-intransitive |
1. To sail or travel about, as for pleasure or reconnaissance. |
2. To go or move along, especially in an unhurried or unconcerned fashion: "A whole cache of babies . . . cruised imperiously in their strollers, propelled by their mothers or by pairs of grandmothers” ( Anne Tyler). |
3. To travel at a constant speed or at a speed providing maximum operating efficiency for a sustained period. |
4. Informal To move leisurely about an area in the hope of discovering something: taxis cruising for fares. |
5. Slang To look for a sexual partner, as in a public place. |
6. To inspect a wooded area to determine its lumber yield. |
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verb-transitive |
1. To travel about or journey over. |
2. Slang To look in (a public area) for a sexual partner. |
3. Slang To seek out and make a sexual overture to. |
4. To inspect in order to determine lumber yield. |
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