how to pronounce cruising

/ˈkɹuzɪŋ/

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cruising is pronounced in two syllables

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An example use of cruising in a speech by a native speaker of american english:

“… okay so you can be cruising at 99.99% …”

meanings of cruising

noun:

Walking or driving about a locality in search of a casual sex partner, especially among gay males.
Sailing about without an exact destination, usually for pleasure.

verb:

Present participle of cruise.

cruising frequency in english - C2 level of CEFR

the word cruising occurs in english on average 3.9 times per one million words; this frequency warrants it to be in the study list for C2 level of language mastery according to CEFR, the Common European Framework of Reference.

topics cruising can be related to

it is hard to perfectly classify words into specific topics since each word can have many context of its use, but our machine-learning models believe that cruising can be often used in the following areas:

1) leisure and entertainment;

2) transport and travel;