cruise

Topic: OUTDOOR

Date:	1600-1700
Language:	Dutch
Origin:	kruisen 'to make a cross, cruise', from Middle Dutch cruce 'cross', from Latin crux; CROSS²

cruise
1 verb

cruise1

1 [intransitive and transitive]TTWDLO to sail along slowly, especially for pleasure:

We were cruising in the Caribbean all winter.

an evening spent cruising the River Seine

2 [intransitive usually + adverb/preposition]TT to move at a steady speed in a car, aircraft etc:

We were cruising along at 50 miles per hour.

We fly at a cruising speed of 500 mph.

3 [intransitive and transitive]TTC to drive a car slowly through a place with no particular purpose:

They cruised up and down the coast road.

4 [intransitive] informal to do something well or successfully, without too much effort

cruise to

The horse cruised to a three-length win.

5 [intransitive and transitive] informal to go to a bar or other public place, looking for a sexual partner:

We went cruising the singles bars.

Definition of cruise from the Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English within
the topic OUTDOOR