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

  • (..) - Low and slow? - Oh, yeah, baby! Just like in its heyday, right? It's even better than I pictured it. Thank you. Shall we cruise? Oh, thank you, dear. I'd love to! - No, no, no. - Lizzie! I remember when Stanley first asked me to take a drive with him. (..)
    2006 Cars
  • (..) Whoa-ho! Yeah! Oh, Ramone! Mama ain't seen you that low in years. I haven't seen a road like this in years. - Well, then let's cruise, baby. - Low and slow. ' bellissima! It's beautiful! Guido, look, it's-a like it was paved by angels. Boy, I tell you what. (..)
    2006 Cars