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

  • (..) She's strong-willed. And I respect that. Wow. He's in denial. Not to mention she fucked the sailor. He wasn't a sailor. He was a bartender on a cruise ship. You know that. Guys, I'm standing right here, so I can hear everything you're saying. Hey, guys, you ready to let the dogs out?/ What? (..)
    2009 The Hangover
  • (..) But you still have to lie about going to Vegas./ Yeah, I do. But, trust me it's not worth the fight. So, you can't go to Vegas but she can fuck a bellhop on a carnival cruise line. Okay, first of all, he was a bartender. And she was wasted. And if you must know, he didn't even come inside her. (..)
    2009 The Hangover