cruise

name

1. A surname from Anglo-Norman.

noun

1. A small cup; cruse.

   “And she said, As the Lord thy God liveth, I have not a cake, but an handful of meal in a barrel, and a little oil in a cruse: and, behold, I am gathering two sticks, that I may go in and dress it for me and my son, that we may eat it, and die.”

verb

Etymology: Borrowed from Dutch kruisen (“cross, sail around”), from kruis (“cross”), from Middle Dutch cruce, from Latin crux.

1. To sail about, especially for pleasure.

   “He and Gerald usually challenged the rollers in a sponson canoe when Gerald was there for the weekend; or, when Lansing came down, the two took long swims seaward or cruised about in Gerald's dory, clad in their swimming-suits; and Selwyn's youth became renewed in a manner almost ridiculous,[…].”

2. To travel at constant speed for maximum operating efficiency.
3. To move about an area leisurely in the hope of discovering something, or looking for custom.
4. To inspect (forest land) for the purpose of estimating the quantity of lumber it will yield.
5. To actively seek a romantic partner or casual sexual partner by moving about a particular area; to troll.
6. To attempt to pick up as a casual sexual partner; hit on

   “1970-1975, Lou Sullivan, personal diary, quoted in 2019, Ellis Martin, Zach Ozma (editors), We Both Laughed In Pleasure Lot of not too bad looking boys there but when M came in I knew right then: him. Very thin & feminine, brown hair fluffed around his sharp featured face. So I began cruising him.”

   “I saw you cruise that white guy over there. The one with the wavy hair (yeah). I cruised him too, but I couldn't get through.”

7. To walk while holding on to an object (stage in development of ambulation, typically occurring at 10 months).
8. To win easily and convincingly.

   “Germany cruised to a World Cup victory over the short-handed Australians.”

9. To take part in a cruise (car enthusiasts' event where they drive their vehicles in a group).
10. To have a period of reducing the dosage of PEDs instead of cycling them off as opposed to going through a full-dosed cycle (blast).

    “blast and cruise”