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A ship built for menace, a bike built for swagger, a vibe built for showing off.
means A vehicle, vessel, or person that moves at a steady, deliberate pace — whether a warship, a relaxed-riding motorcycle, a patrol car, or someone idling along in search of attention.
from From the verb "cruise," which sailed into English in the late 1600s from Dutch "kruisen," meaning to cross or move to and fro — itself rooted in "kruis," a cross (a cousin of Latin "crux"). The original cruiser zigzagged the seas hunting prey or trade. Add the agent suffix "-er," and you get the one who cruises; over centuries the word drifted from naval decks to motorcycle saddles, police beats, and the slow prowl of someone looking to be looked at.
- warship rank
- Sits between destroyer and battleship in firepower
- low and slow
- Cruiser motorcycles favor style over speed
- battlecruiser
- Traded armor for speed, often catastrophically
- police term
- Patrol cars called cruisers for endless roaming
- pool float
- Lazy summer cruising requires zero engine
uss indianapolis — heavy cruiser sunk by japanese submarine in 1945, 880 sailors died in worst naval disaster in us history
hms belfast — town-class light cruiser launched 1938, still floating museum on the thames in london
scharnhorst — german armored cruiser sunk at battle of the north cape 1943