cruising

English

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈkɹuːzɪŋ/
• Rhymes: -uːzɪŋ

Noun

cruising (countable and uncountable, plural cruisings)

1. Sailing about without an exact destination, usually for pleasure.

   Cruising is a popular activity among the over-60s.

   • 2000, Jim Howard, Charles J. Doane, Handbook of Offshore Cruising: The Dream and Reality of Modern Ocean Cruising, Sheridan House, Inc. (→ISBN), page 13:

     Maintenance time takes away from the time for sightseeing, fishing, reading, or the other things that were the original objectives of cruising.

2. (slang) Walking or driving about a locality in search of a casual sex partner.

   There was a fair amount of cruising going on at the gay party.

   • 2010, Allan Bérubé, Coming Out Under Fire: The History of Gay Men and Women in World War II, Univ of North Carolina Press (→ISBN), page 194:

     Beaches on islands where soldiers rested between combat missions also became cruising spots, especially when men from different units or services were stationed there at the same time.

Verb

cruising

1. present participle of cruise

Further reading

• cruising for sex on Wikipedia.Wikipedia