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cruiser

[ kroo-zer ]

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noun

a person or thing that cruises.
one of a class of warships of medium tonnage, designed for high speed and long cruising radius.
squad car.
a vessel, especially a power-driven one, intended for cruising.
cabin cruiser.
Also called timber cruiser. a person who estimates the value of the timber in a tract of forest.
Slang. a prostitute who walks the street soliciting customers.

cruiser

/ ˈkruːzə /

a high-speed, long-range warship of medium displacement, armed with medium calibre weapons or missiles
Also calledcabin cruiser a pleasure boat, esp one that is power-driven and has a cabin
any person or thing that cruises
See light heavyweight
boxing cruiserweight See light heavyweight

Origin of cruiser¹

1670–80; < Dutch kruiser, equivalent to kruis ( en ) to cruise + -er -er ¹

Brinsley came from behind a police cruiser parked on a busy street in the shadow of the Tompkins Public Houses.

A cruiser shows up and eyes narrow and citizens often withdraw.

With lights flashing, the cruiser arrived at the Blooming Grove State Police barracks in Pike County.

The USS Arleigh Burke, a destroyer, and USS Philippine Sea, a cruiser, launched a total of 47 Tomahawk missiles.

Churchill then decided to embark on a British cruiser, the Belfast, and watch the landings from offshore.

They could all be run back in a fast cruiser and would only be loaned to us for three weeks or a month.

Desperate engagement between an Algerine cruiser of 18 guns, well manned, and a Corsican frigate of 26 nine and twelve pounders.

Now, the Yankee cruiser must stay a good way out, for the water's not deep enough to let her in.

You'll get on board that boat, go down the creek into the sea, and try and find the cruiser.

"Glad to know you, Burke," I said, coming out from underneath the dashboard of the cruiser.

April 24, 2024gallimaufry

[gal-uh-maw-free ]

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