Cruisy

//ˈkɹuːzi// adj, slang

adj, slang ·Moderate ·College level

Definitions

Adjective
  1. 1
    Suitable to listen to when driving leisurely.
  2. 2
    Leisurely.
  3. 3
    Suitable for finding sexual partners (especially for gay men). colloquial

    "1970-1975, Lou Sullivan, personal diary, quoted in 2019, Ellis Martin, Zach Ozma (editors), We Both Laughed In Pleasure Went to 12 gay bars including leather & glitter ones, to a gay movie & to the cruisy gay area of Central Park twice."

  4. 4
    Tending to cruise for sexual partners. colloquial

    "Most of the women who approached me were cruisy, butch numbers."

  5. 5
    A laid back job, person, or place. New-Zealand

Example

More examples

"1970-1975, Lou Sullivan, personal diary, quoted in 2019, Ellis Martin, Zach Ozma (editors), We Both Laughed In Pleasure Went to 12 gay bars including leather & glitter ones, to a gay movie & to the cruisy gay area of Central Park twice."

Etymology

From cruise + -y.

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