cruise

/kruz/

/kruz/

Other forms: cruising; cruised; cruises

If your mom announces “We’re taking a cruise!” then pack your bags. A cruise is a vacation spent on a ship that sails the ocean, periodically stopping in ports for sightseeing.

Cruise can also be a verb that describes sailing around aimlessly for fun. You might cruise the canals of Venice in a small boat. If you don’t live in Venice, you can still cruise — but you might do it in your car. Cruise can be used to describe a leisurely drive taken just for fun. You might cruise around the neighborhood on a Saturday with no real destination in mind. Cruise can also describe traveling easily at a moderate speed.

Definitions of cruise

1. verb

   sail or travel about for pleasure, relaxation, or sightseeing
   “We were cruising in the Caribbean”

   type of:

   navigate, sail, voyage

   travel on water propelled by wind or by other means
2. verb

   drive around aimlessly but ostentatiously and at leisure
   “She cruised the neighborhood in her new convertible”

   type of:

   journey, travel

   travel upon or across
3. verb

   travel at a moderate speed
   “Please keep your seat belt fastened while the plane is reaching cruising altitude”

   types:

   stooge

   cruise in slow or routine flights

   type of:

   go, locomote, move, travel

   change location; move, travel, or proceed, also metaphorically
4. noun

   an ocean trip taken for pleasure
   synonyms: sail

   type of:

   ocean trip, voyage

   an act of traveling by water
5. verb

   look for a sexual partner in a public place
   “The men were cruising the park”

   type of:

   look, search

   search or seek