cruising
/ˈkɹuːzɪŋ/
Word Rarity
Rare
Frequency: 3.52 in modern English
11
Scrabble Score
8
Letters
2
Syllables
7
Unique Chars
Meaning
noun
Walking unsteadily while holding onto objects such as furniture and walls: a stage in the development of ambulation (unassisted walking), typically occurring around age 10 months.
Countable; Uncountable
noun
Walking or driving about a locality in search of a sex partner for casual sex.
Countable; Slang; Uncountable
Example Sentences
- "Cruising is a popular activity among the over-60s."
- "Maintenance time takes away from the time for sightseeing, fishing, reading, or the other things that were the original objectives of cruising."
- "Cruising was a popular pastime for teens in this area at the time."
- "Cruising is a fun stage for the baby, even though there are going to be some mild falls and crying during the course of it."
- "In commenting upon a suggestion of W. W. Arnheim, representing the Broadway Association, that taxicab stands be established on all one-way streets in midtown to reduce cruising, John Ullman, secretary of the Empire State Taxicab Chamber of Commerce, said that if property owners were unselfish enough to permit such stands 90 per cent of the cruising would be eradicated."
- "There was a fair amount of cruising going on at the gay party."