cruise
/kɹuz/
Word Rarity
Uncommon
Frequency: 4.22 in modern English
8
Scrabble Score
6
Letters
1
Syllables
6
Unique Chars
Meaning
noun
Portion of aircraft travel at a constant airspeed and altitude between ascent and descent phases.
noun
A period of reducing the dosage of PEDs instead of cycling them off as opposed to a full-dosed cycle (blast).
Slang
verb
To move about an area leisurely in the hope of discovering something, or looking for custom.
Transitive verb
Example Sentences
- "Judge Short had gone to town, and Farrar was off for a three days' cruise up the lake. I was bitterly regretting I had not gone with him when the distant notes of a coach horn reached my ear, and I descried a four-in-hand winding its way up the inn road from the direction of Mohair."
- "He departed with the Naniwa and the Hashidate²⁰ for a two day cruise, skirting the Wuchiu and Hui Ch’uan Islands and the shore of Fukien Province."
- "I ended my cruise of four years in the Marine Corps at the first Officers' Training Camp for enlisted men at Quantico […]"
- "The New Orleans had to have numerous alterations made, and as the Chicago was just about going into commission, I was ordered to that ship to finish my cruise."
- "Near-synonym: car show"
- "the romance of cruising down the Nile"
Etymology
Origin
- Source language: Latin
Word Breakdown
Regional Pronunciation
- American English: /kɹuz/
- British English: /kɹuːz/