Crossword clues for cruising
Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
The Collaborative International Dictionary
Cruise \Cruise\ (kr[udd]z), v. i. [imp. & p. p. Cruised (kr[udd]zd); p. pr. & vb. n. Cruising.] [D. kruisen to move crosswise or in a zigzag, to cruise, fr. kruis cross, fr. OF. crois, croiz, F. croix, or directly fr. OF. croisier, F. croiser, to cross, cruise, fr. crois a cross. See Cross.]
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To sail back and forth on the ocean; to sail, as for the protection of commerce, in search of an enemy, for plunder, or for pleasure.
Note: A ship cruises in any particular sea or ocean; as, in the Baltic or in the Atlantic. She cruises off any cape; as, off the Lizard; off Ushant. She cruises on a coast; as, on the coast of Africa. A pirate cruises to seize vessels; a yacht cruises for the pleasure of the owner.
Ships of war were sent to cruise near the isle of Bute.
--Macaulay.'Mid sands, and rocks, and storms to cruise for pleasure.
--Young. To wander hither and thither on land. [Colloq.]
(Forestry) To inspect forest land for the purpose of estimating the quantity of lumber it will yield.
To travel primarily for pleasure, or without any fixed purpose, rather than with the main goal of reaching a particular destination. To cruise the streets of town, looking for an interesting party to crash.
Wiktionary
n. The action of the verb ''to cruise''. vb. (present participle of cruise English)
Wikipedia
Cruising by boat is a lifestyle that involves living for extended time on a vessel while traveling from place to place for pleasure. Cruising generally refers to trips of a few days or more, and can extend to round-the-world voyages.
Cruising may refer to:
- Cruising, on a cruise ship
- Cruising (driving), driving around for social purposes, especially by teenagers
- Cruising (maritime), leisurely travel by boat, yacht, or cruise ship
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Cruising for sex, the process of searching in public places for sexual partners, especially by gay men
- Cruising (film), a 1980 film starring Al Pacino
- Cruising (novel), the 1970 novel upon which the 1980 film is based
- Cruising (play), an Australian play by Alexandra Edmondson
- "Cruising" (song), a 1984 pop song by Sinitta
- Cruising, a motor milestone for infants where they can walk by holding onto something and they make the transition to being a toddler
Cruising is a 1980 American crime thriller film written and directed by William Friedkin and starring Al Pacino, Paul Sorvino and Karen Allen. The film is loosely based on the novel of the same name, by The New York Times reporter Gerald Walker, about a serial killer targeting gay men, in particular those associated with the leather scene. The title is a play on words with a dual meaning, as "cruising" can describe police officers on patrol and also cruising for sex.
Poorly reviewed by critics upon release, Cruising was a modest financial success. The shooting and promotion were dogged by gay rights protesters, who believed that the film stigmatized them. The film is also notable for its open-ended finale, further complicated by the director's incoherent changes in the rough cut and synopsis, as well as due to other production issues.
Cruising is a novel written by New York Times reporter Gerald Walker and published in 1970.
The novel is about an undercover cop looking for a homosexual killer in the world of sadomasochism leather gay bars in Greenwich Village, New York. While undercover, he begins to gain feelings for his gay neighbor at the same time he is in a relationship. He ends up cheating on his girlfriend.
The novel was adapted, with substantial changes to the plot, as the 1980 film of the same title, starring Al Pacino and Paul Sorvino.
"Cruising" is a pop song by American- British singer Sinitta. The song was released in 1984 as the first single from Sinitta's debut album Sinitta! (1987). It was written by James George Hargreaves and produced by James George Hargreaves and Mick Parker. It was re-released in 1986 as a double A side along with "So Macho", although it was never promoted as the lead track. "Cruising" was re-recorded in 1999 and included on her compilation album The Very Best of...Sinitta. No music video was made for this song.
Cruising is a social activity that primarily consists of driving a car. Cruising can be an expression of the freedom of possessing a driver's license. Cruising is distinguished from regular driving by the social and recreational nature of the activity, which is characterized by an impulsively random, often aimless course. A popular route (or " strip") is often the focus of cruising. "Cruise nights" are evenings during which cars drive slowly. Another common form is a "Booze Cruise": this is where a group of people go out 'cruising' and drinking. A cruise can be a meeting of car enthusiasts at a predetermined location, organised predominantly through the internet (in recent times) but also largely through mobile phone, word of mouth or simply by a cruise being established enough that it becomes a regular event.
Cruising is a new Australian play written by Alexandra Edmondson. It opened at the Tap Gallery in Darlinghurst, Sydney on 6 March 2008. Prior to opening, the play was responsible for much media debate in Sydney. This was initiated by Daily Telegraph which ran the headline "Stage play 'an insult to Dianne's memory". The newspaper alleged that circumstances in the play were similar to the real life alleged drink spiking and death of Dianne Brimble and contacted Mark Brimble (Dianne Brimble's ex-husband) for a statement. This caused a " media frenzy" in the press and the ABC's Radio National was quick to follow up with an interview of Mr. Brimble and the playwright. 2UE and Channel Seven's Sunrise program also joined the debate as did The Australian newspaper. The Sydney play was argued in the national press. The debate concerned whether artists had the right to use recent, real life, horrific events as inspiration for their work.
The Daily Telegraph later reviewed the play and described it as having "a ferocious energy throughout."
Usage examples of "cruising".
Their long-range aircraft would be down for needed maintenance, and their submarines, cruising four hundred feet down, could keep their sonar watches in comfort.
The executive officer took them back down to a deep cruising depth while McCafferty began to write up his patrol report.
The carriers had been at sea since the war began, cruising back and forth to avoid the orbiting Soviet ocean-reconnaissance satellites.
As expected, their course was northeast, and they were cruising at about thirty thousand feet.
It was no longer visible, not just because of the jettisoning of the rocket motor but because it was cruising below the radar grass, maybe only forty feet above the water.
And they are, as we speak, cruising at hold positions less than two-hundred kilometers off the American Atlantic coast.
After cruising around the dance floor with Sharon Carson, dancing with Virginia was like dancing with a plywood cutout.
Ralph, who is as much an old hand at purchasing original art as he as at cruising, had advised me in advance that cruise art auctions are seldom a good idea.
Just then Virginia Metz and Sharon Carson came cruising through the lobby bar on their way to the elevators.
She might be dressing the part, but Agent Dulles was no casually cruising tourist.
I had enough bread for months of joyful leisure, for cruising, beachcombing, getting- happily plotzed with good friends, disporting with the trim little jolly sandy-rumped beach kittens, slaying gutsy denizens of the deep blue, and slipping the needle into every phony who happened into my path.
Port Royal was full of ruffians eager to go cruising, the proceedings may often have been less regular.
The question had been brought forward, whether the buccaneers should go cruising in the South Sea, in their prizes, or return, overland, to their ships at Golden Island.
Taboga, Captain Sharp went cruising to an island some miles distant to pick up some straggling drunkards who belonged to his ship.
They beat to windward, cruising, when they found that the Spaniards would not put to sea to fight them.