ENGLISH DICTIONARY

Cruisy

Definition, Meaning & Examples

Pronunciation /ˈkɹuːzi/ · Part of speech adjective

Quick meaning: Cruisy is an adjective meaning (of music) Suitable to listen to when driving leisurely.

Meaning

(of music) Suitable to listen to when driving leisurely.

More Meanings

  1. (skiing, of a piste) Leisurely.
  2. (colloquial, of a place) Suitable for finding sexual partners (especially for gay men).
  3. (colloquial, of a person) Tending to cruise for sexual partners.
  4. (New Zealand) A laid back job, person, or place.

Example Sentences

Most of the women who approached me were cruisy, butch numbers.
Will Rogers State Beach is a cruisy gay beach, always lots of people and lots of fun.
1970-1975, Lou Sullivan, personal diary, quoted in 2019, Ellis Martin, Zach Ozma (editors), We Both Laughed In Pleasure Went to 12 gay bars including leather & glitter ones, to a gay movie & to the cruisy gay area of Central Park twice.
Jim, who's been coming here since 1954, misses some aspects of the old days. It is a busier, louder place now. "I could come here and read," he explains wistfully. "I could come here for a quiet drink." Now the press of people and the "cruisy" atmosphere make it impossible to read except in the afternoon and early evening.

Word Forms

Related Words

Related dictionary entries include cruiselike, sequacious, crickety, loungy, calypsolike, calypso-like.

Related Dictionary Tools

Sources & Attribution

FreeDictionaryAPI.com / Wiktionary · Original source · CC BY-SA 4.0

Dictionary data is provided by FreeDictionaryAPI.com and sourced from Wiktionary under its stated license.