cruise control

English

Noun

cruise control (uncountable)

1. A system that maintains a vehicle at constant set speed, usually until the brake or accelerator is pressed.
2. (figurative) A state of being where tasks are completed easily and routinely.
   • 2012 May 5, Phil McNulty, “Chelsea 2-1 Liverpool”, in BBC Sport‎^[1]:

     Liverpool goalkeeper Pepe Reina was badly at fault as Ramires scored at the near post after 11 minutes and Chelsea looked in cruise control when Drogba continued his love affair with the FA Cup final and Wembley with an angled finish beyond Reina.

   • 2012, Gavin McInnes, The Death of Cool: From Teenage Rebellion to the Hangover of Adulthood, Simon and Schuster, →ISBN, page 88:

     He seemed happy living life in cruise control, which pissed me off.

   • 2013, Chris Kluwe, Beautifully Unique Sparkleponies:

     Caps Lock is cruise control for cool; remember that for online conversations.

Translations

system

• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 巡航定速 (xúnháng dìngsù), 速度控制 (sùdù kòngzhì), 自動巡航／自动巡航 (zìdòng xúnháng)

• Dutch: cruisecontrol (nl) m
• Finnish: vakionopeudensäädin (fi)
• French: régulateur de vitesse (fr) m
• German: Tempomat (de) m, Geschwindigkeitsregelanlage f
• Hungarian: sebességtartó automatika, tempomat
• Japanese: クルーズコントロール (kurūzukontorōru)
• Korean: 크루즈 컨트롤 (keurujeu keonteurol)
• Plautdietsch: Schwunktäajel m
• Polish: tempomat (pl) m
• Russian: круи́з-контро́ль (ru) m (kruíz-kontrólʹ)
• Ukrainian: круї́з-контро́ль m (krujíz-kontrólʹ)

See also

• autopilot