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

  • (..) Look to the west. You see that dot in the distance? That's a Chinese station. - Yes. You're gonna take the Soyuz, and you're gonna cruise over there. Chinese lifeboat is a Shenzhou. I've never flown a Shenzhou. - It doesn't matter. Its re-entry protocol is identical to the Soyuz. (..)
    2013 Gravity