Meaning of Cruising | Babel Free

Definitions

1. Sailing about without an exact destination, especially for pleasure.
   countable, uncountable
2. Driving around without an exact destination, as a social activity.
   countable, uncountable
3. Walking unsteadily while holding onto objects such as furniture and walls: a stage in the development of ambulation (unassisted walking), typically occurring around age 10 months.
   countable, uncountable
4. Walking or driving about a locality in search of a sex partner for casual sex, especially among gay men.
   countable, slang, uncountable
5. Reducing the dosage of PEDs instead of cycling them off.
   countable, slang, uncountable

Equivalents

Examples

“Cruising is a popular activity among the over-60s.”

“Maintenance time takes away from the time for sightseeing, fishing, reading, or the other things that were the original objectives of cruising.”

“Cruising was a popular pasttime for teens in this area at the time.”

“Cruising is a fun stage⟳ for the baby, even though there are going to be some mild falls and crying during the course of it.”

“There was a fair amount of cruising going on at the gay party.”

“Within their [homosexuals'] own⟳ group, too, there is considerable social discrimination. In the most “respectable” class are those who do no “cruising,” i.e., picking up “friends” at random in the parks or streets.”

“The press⟳ screamed headlines about castrating perverts, but the parks and cruising places remained as populous as ever. And with good cause.”

“For example, when a homosexual goes cruising, he runs the risk⟳ of being arrested, blackmailed or beaten up. Therefore, [Bergler concludes] homosexuals want⟳ to be hurt⟳, humiliated, defeated and destroyed; they are all psychic masochists.”

“But even so, the gay boys who are out cruising aren’t being especially cautious. They’ve even made a pickup gambit out of it. “If that bulge in your pants isn’t a knife, let’s go for a walk⟳.” That sort⟳ of thing.”

“Gay cruising in hotel bars was quiet and covert, but still charged with erotic possibilities and an awareness that there was little time to waste⟳.”

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