cruiser
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zər noun
1.
a person or thing that cruises.
2.
one of a class of warships of medium tonnage, designed for high speed and long cruising radius.
3.
4.
a vessel, especially a power-driven one, intended for cruising.
6.
Also called timber cruiser. a person who estimates the value of the timber in a tract of forest.
7.
Slang. a prostitute who walks the street soliciting customers.
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Cruiser
is always a great word to know.
So is bezoar. Does it mean:
| a printed punctuation mark (‽), available only in some typefaces, designed to combine the question mark (?) and the exclamation point (!), indicating a mixture of query and interjection, as after a rhetorical question. |
| a calculus or concretion found in the stomach or intestines of certain animals, esp. ruminants, formerly reputed to be an effective remedy for poison. |
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| —n | |
| 1. | a high-speed, long-range warship of medium displacement, armed with medium calibre weapons or missiles |
| 2. | Also called: cabin cruiser a pleasure boat, esp one that is power-driven and has a cabin |
| 3. | any person or thing that cruises |
| 4. | boxing See light heavyweight cruiserweight |
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Word Origin & History
cruiser
1670s, agent noun from cruise, or, probably, borrowed from similar words in neighboring languages (e.g. Du. kruiser, Fr. croiseur), originally a warship built to cruise and protect commerce or chase hostile ships (but in 18c. often applied to privateers); meaning "one who
cruises for sex partners" is from 1903, in later use mostly of homosexuals; as a boxing weight class, from 1920; meaning "police patrol car" is 1929, Amer.Eng.
Online Etymology Dictionary, © 2010 Douglas Harper
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Slang Dictionary
cruiser definition
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Dictionary of American Slang and Colloquial Expressions by Richard A. Spears.Fourth Edition.
Copyright 2007. Published by McGraw Hill.
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Example sentences
Looters, arrested while digging, include policemen who parked their cruiser right beside the trench.
The solar panels are installed in the rear deck of the cruiser, with direct wiring to the vehicle's battery.
The beach cruiser bikes come fully loaded with helmet, basket, and total adorableness.
The second battleship went down, the cruiser was crippled, and the lone surviving destroyer reversed course and withdrew.
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