What does "cruise" mean?

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

What is a synonym for "cruise"?

Common synonyms include: sail, aeroplane, airlift, airplane, balloon, be airborne.

/kɹuːz/ name, noun, verb, slang

name, noun, verb, slang ·Common ·High school level

Noun

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."
2
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."
3
an ocean trip taken for pleasure wordnet
4
Portion of aircraft travel at a constant airspeed and altitude between ascent and descent phases.
5
A period spent in the Marine Corps. US, informal
"I ended my cruise of four years in the Marine Corps at the first Officers' Training Camp for enlisted men at Quantico […]"

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6
A car enthusiasts' event where they drive their vehicles in a group.
"Near-synonym: car show"
7
A period of reducing the dosage of PEDs instead of cycling them off as opposed to a full-dosed cycle (blast). slang

Verb

1
To sail about, especially for pleasure. intransitive
"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
sail or travel about for pleasure, relaxation, or sightseeing wordnet
3
To travel at constant speed for maximum operating efficiency. intransitive
4
travel at a moderate speed wordnet
5
To move about an area leisurely in the hope of discovering something, or looking for custom. transitive

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drive around aimlessly but ostentatiously and at leisure wordnet
7
To inspect (forest land) for the purpose of estimating the quantity of lumber it will yield. ambitransitive
8
look for a sexual partner in a public place wordnet
9
To actively seek a romantic partner or casual sexual partner by moving about a particular area; to troll. ambitransitive, colloquial
10
To attempt to pick up as a casual sexual partner; hit on colloquial, transitive
"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."
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To walk while holding on to an object (stage in development of ambulation, typically occurring at 10 months). intransitive
12
To win easily and convincingly. intransitive
"Germany cruised to a World Cup victory over the short-handed Australians."
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To take part in a cruise (car enthusiasts' event where they drive their vehicles in a group). intransitive
14
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). slang
"blast and cruise"

Proper Noun

"The prize money enabled me to go on a world cruise."

Borrowed from Dutch kruisen (“cross, sail around”), from kruis (“cross”), from Middle Dutch cruce, from Latin crux.