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1cruise Listen to audio/ˈkru:z/ verb
cruis·es; cruised; cruis·ing
1 : to travel on a boat or ship to a number of places as a vacation [no obj] We cruised for a week down the Yangtze River. [+ obj] He dreams of cruising the Mediterranean.
2 [no obj] of a car, airplane, etc. : to move along at a steady speed
The bus was cruising at 55 miles per hour. We were cruising along/down the highway. The plane was cruising at 30,000 feet.
3 : to drive or be driven slowly [+ obj] On Friday nights, teenagers cruise the main street in town to show off their cars. [no obj] A car cruised past us.
4 [no obj] : to do something easily : to easily succeed at something
She cruised [=waltzed, breezed] through the exam. The team cruised to victory in the last game.
5 [+ obj] : to move around in (a place) without a specific purpose but usually with the hope of finding something interesting
I cruised the mall for a couple hours on Saturday.often used figuratively She spent hours cruising [=(more commonly) surfing] the Internet. He's always cruising the radio dial for new music.
6 slang : to go (somewhere) in search of a sexual partner [+ obj] They're out cruising bars. [no obj] a group of teenage guys out cruising for girls

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