cruising
Pronunciation
  • IPA: /ˈkɹuːzɪŋ/
Noun

cruising

  1. Sailing about without an exact destination, usually for pleasure.
    Cruising is a popular activity among the over-60s.
    • 2000, Jim Howard, Charles J. Doane, Handbook of Offshore Cruising: The Dream and Reality of Modern Ocean Cruising, Sheridan House, Inc. (ISBN 9781574090932), page 13:
      Maintenance time takes away from the time for sightseeing, fishing, reading, or the other things that were the original objectives of cruising.
  2. (slang) Walking or driving about a locality in search of a casual sex partner, especially among gay males.
    There was a fair amount of cruising going on at the gay party.
Verb
  1. present participle of cruise#English|cruise



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