2. Noun. The action of the verb ''to cruise''. ¹
3. Noun. (gay slang) A concerted effort to find a sexual encounter with another man especially in a public place although this has been superseded by internet encounters in recent times ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Cruising
1. the act of driving around in search of fun [n -S]
Lexicographical Neighbors of Cruising
Literary usage of Cruising
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Transactions of the International Engineering Congress, 1915 (1916)
"The use of these reciprocating cruising engines has resulted in securing a very
large steaming radius, 6000 miles, for the destroyers so fitted. ..."
2. Letters by Historicus on Some Questions of International Law: Reprinted from by William Vernon Harcourt (1863)
"BLOCKADES BY cruising SQUADRONS. I HAVE endeavoured to point out how entirely
unfounded was the assertion of M. Hautefeuille that England had habitually ..."
3. The Marine Steam Turbine: A Practical Illustrated Description of the Parsons by John William Major Sothern (1920)
"When running under cruising conditions the steam flow is as follows :— Each wing
cruising turbine exhausts to the main centre HP turbine. ..."
4. Steam Turbines: A Treatise Covering U.S. Naval Practice by George Julian Meyers (1917)
"The starboard shaft is driven by the IP cruising turbine and one LP ahead and
... Low cruising Speeds. For low cruising speeds, steam is admitted to the HP ..."
5. The Navy of the United States, from the Commencement, 1775 to 1853: With a by George Foster Emmons (1853)
"cruising without, a commission. cruising without; a commission. ... cruising in
search of the USS Hornet. Ordered her to St. John's, with prisoners. Burnt. ..."
6. Typee: Areal Romance of the South Sea by Herman Melville (1892)
"In pursuit of the sperm-whale, we had been cruising on the line some twenty
degrees to the westward of the ..."
7. Forestry Quarterly by New York State College of Forestry (1913)
"A SHORT-CUT METHOD OF cruising TIMBER. BY CS JUDD. There was recently brought to
my attention a short-cut method of cruising timber or what might be called ..."
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