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The Oxford Pocket Dictionary of Current English | 2009 | Copyright

cruise / kroōz/ • v. [intr.] sail about in an area without a precise destination, esp. for pleasure: they were cruising off the California coast | [tr.] she cruised the canals of France. ∎ take a vacation on a ship or boat following a predetermined course, usually calling in at several ports. ∎ (of a vehicle or person) travel or move slowly around without a specific destination in mind: a police van cruised past us | [tr.] aimlessly cruising the mall. ∎ (of a motor vehicle or aircraft) travel smoothly at a moderate or economical speed. ∎ achieve an objective with ease, esp. in sports: he cruised to an easy victory. ∎ [tr.] inf. wander about (a place) in search of a sexual partner. ∎ [tr.] inf. attempt to pick up (a sexual partner). • n. a voyage on a ship or boat taken for pleasure or as a holiday and usually calling in at several places: a cruise down the Nile | [as adj.] a cruise liner.

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cruise

The Concise Oxford Dictionary of English Etymology | 1996 | | Copyright

cruise vb. XVII. prob. — Du. kruisen cross, f. kruis sb. (cf. CROSS 1).
So cruiser XVII.

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cruise

Oxford Dictionary of Rhymes | 2007 | Copyright

cruise •abuse, accuse, adieux, amuse, bemuse, billets-doux, blues, booze, bruise, choose, Clews, confuse, contuse, cruise, cruse, Cruz, diffuse, do's, Druze, effuse, enthuse, excuse, fuse (US fuze), Hughes, incuse, interfuse, lose, Mahfouz, mews, misuse, muse, news, ooze, Ouse, perfuse, peruse, rhythm-and-blues, ruse, schmooze, snooze, suffuse, Toulouse, transfuse, trews, use, Vaduz, Veracruz, who's, whose, youse •Andrews •Matthews • circumfuse • Syracuse •purlieux

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