cruising

cruise  (krz)

v. cruised, cruis·ing, cruis·es

v.intr.

1.

a. To sail or travel about, as for pleasure or reconnaissance.

b. To go or move along, especially in an unhurried or unconcerned fashion: "A whole cache of babies . . . cruised imperiously in their strollers, propelled by their mothers or by pairs of grandmothers" (Anne Tyler).

2. To travel at a constant speed or at a speed providing maximum operating efficiency for a sustained period.

3.

a. Informal To move leisurely about an area in the hope of discovering something: taxis cruising for fares.

b. Slang To look for a sexual partner, as in a public place.

4. To inspect a wooded area to determine its lumber yield.

v.tr.

1. To travel about or journey over.

2. Slang

a. To look in (a public area) for a sexual partner.

b. To seek out and make a sexual overture to.

3. To inspect in order to determine lumber yield.

n.

The act or an instance of cruising, especially a sea voyage for pleasure.

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[Dutch kruisen, to cross, from kruis, cross, from Middle Dutch cruce, from Latin crux, cruc-, cross.]

Translations

cruising

n → Kreuzfahrten pl; to go cruising → eine Kreuzfahrt/Kreuzfahrten machen

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cruising:

cruising altitude

n → Reiseflughöhe f

cruising speed

n → Reisegeschwindigkeit f

cruising yacht

n → Vergnügungsjacht f