to cruise

Examples

• All

• Men sat upon or leaned against this wall while cruising for sex on a busy day.

  Academic text (2005)

• I say we cruise, dudes.

  Pee-wee's Big Adventure (1985)

• If the dude was "gay" and wanted to cruise, there were about a dozen other places he could go.

  Fiction book (1994)

• I gotta cruise by this afternoon... on a little business, if you know what I'm talkin' about.

  Dazed and Confused (1993)

• I know he's cruising the streets right now, looking for his next victim.

  1 Buck (2017)

• I even get cruised by men in the Castro out looking for fresh meat.

  Fiction book (1995)

• You're the one who was cruising the worker bar looking for a little action.

  Antz (1998)

• Bobby was out with his gang of friends all day, smoking, skateboarding, or cruising the mall.

  Fiction book (1998)

• I'm going to go cruising for husbands, not ride the Jungle Cruise, cruising for husbands, something that matters, not the Matterhorn.

• He spent the evening cruising the bars in search of someone to connect with.

Antonyms

A

to avoid

∞ 1.0

To stay away from something or not do it to stop something bad from happening

Idioms

O

on cruise control

• Informal

1 5.5

Work continues with little effort because things are steady

Phrasal Verbs

C

to cruise around

12 4.1

To drive slowly around an area without a specific destination

C

to cruise along

4 3.5

Travel slowly and easily along a road or river for pleasure

Compounds

C

cruise missile

• Specialized

55 6.3

A flying, unmanned weapon that carries a bomb to a distant target with high accuracy

C

cruise ship

50 2.6

A large ship that carries people on holiday trips with places to sleep and entertainment

C

cruise control

7 3.4

An automatic system in a car that keeps a steady speed without pressing the pedal

C

cruise liner

4 3.2

A large passenger ship for holiday trips with food, pools, and shows on board

B

booze cruise

• Informal

1 8.2

A party on a boat where people drink alcohol

How Predatory

to hunt

322 1.0

prowl

22 6.3

to cat

• NSFW

1 9.9

to cruise

• NSFW

37 9.2

flirt

22 3.2

Surface Forms

Etymology