Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

cruisy

/ˈkɹuːzi/

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 1.18 in modern English

Syllables: cruisy
IPA: /ˈkɹuːzi/

11

Scrabble Score

6

Letters

1

Syllables

6

Unique Chars

Meaning

adj

Suitable to listen to when driving leisurely.

adj

adj

Suitable for finding sexual partners (especially for gay men).

Colloquial

adj

Tending to cruise for sexual partners.

Colloquial

adj

A laid back job, person, or place.

New Zealand usage

Example Sentences

"1970-1975, Lou Sullivan, personal diary, quoted in 2019, Ellis Martin, Zach Ozma (editors), We Both Laughed In Pleasure Went to 12 gay bars including leather & glitter ones, to a gay movie & to the cruisy gay area of Central Park twice."
"Jim, who's been coming here since 1954, misses some aspects of the old days. It is a busier, louder place now. "I could come here and read," he explains wistfully. "I could come here for a quiet drink." Now the press of people and the "cruisy" atmosphere make it impossible to read except in the afternoon and early evening."
"Will Rogers State Beach is a cruisy gay beach, always lots of people and lots of fun."
"Most of the women who approached me were cruisy, butch numbers."

Etymology

From cruise + -y.

Word Breakdown

Suffix: cruise

Usage

Inflected Forms

cruisier (comparative) cruisiest (superlative) cruisey (alternative)

Rhymes With

uzi choosy boozy doozy bluesy woozy newsy oozy fusee floozie schmoozy

Questions

How do you pronounce cruisy?: The recorded pronunciation is /ˈkɹuːzi/.
What does cruisy mean?: Suitable to listen to when driving leisurely.
Where does cruisy come from?: From cruise + -y.

How to pronounce cruisy

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