# cruising

> English word · Noun · IPA /ˈkɹuːzɪŋ/ · frequency rank #14,501

## Definitions
1. Sailing about without an exact destination, especially for pleasure.
2. Driving around without an exact destination, as a social activity.
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.
4. Walking or driving about a locality in search of a sex partner for casual sex, especially among gay men.
5. Reducing the dosage of PEDs instead of cycling them off.

## Etymology
By surface analysis, cruise + -ing.

## Easily confused with
- **cuisine** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/cruising-vs-cuisine)
- **cursing** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/cruising-vs-cursing)
- **cussing** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/cruising-vs-cussing)
- **crushing** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/cruising-vs-crushing)
- **causing** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/causing-vs-cruising)
- **crossing** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/crossing-vs-cruising)
- **coursing** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/coursing-vs-cruising)

## Common misspellings (12)
`ccruising`, `criusing`, `crruising`, `cruiisng`, `cruisign`, `cruisingg`, `cruisinng`, `cruisnig`, `cruissing`, `crusiing`, `curising`, `rcuising`

## Source
Compiled from Wiktionary via kaikki.org (CC BY-SA). Data vintage: 2026-05-06.
Canonical page: https://plainspell.com/en/word/cruising