cruise

Definition

  • verb: to travel on a boat or ship to a number of places as a vacation
  • verb: to sail about touching at a series of ports
  • sometimes used before another noun
  • synonyms: range, navigate, sail

Examples

  • She admits that she's been doing the job so long that she's 'on cruise control'. [=she does not put a lot of effort into the job]

  • On Friday nights, teenagers 'cruise' the main street in town to show off their cars.

  • We went on a weeklong 'cruise' down the Yangtze River.

Movie clips

Movie quotes

  • (..) What's the final head count? guests. investors! You don't throw $ on a party cruise if they're just guests. Yes, sir. It'll be first class all the way. You fucking knew! Assistant: (..)
    2002 Shark Attack 3: Megalodon
  • (..) We're having a celebration on the launch - of our new trans-Pacific cable. - I heard about that. The harbor-master says you're bringing in a cruise liner. Tolley: Well, it's not quite that big. Some of Se'or Tolley's people say that you were diving (..)
    2002 Shark Attack 3: Megalodon