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Noun: cruiser  kroo-zu(r)
  1. [N. Amer] A car in which policemen cruise the streets; equipped with radiotelephonic communications to headquarters
    - police cruiser, patrol car, police car, prowl car [N. Amer], squad car
     
  2. A large fast warship; smaller than a battleship and larger than a destroyer
     
  3. A large motorboat that has a cabin and plumbing and other conveniences necessary for living on board
    - cabin cruiser, pleasure boat, pleasure craft

Derived forms: cruisers

Type of: auto [informal], autocar [archaic], automobile [N. Amer], car, combat ship, motorboat, motorcar, powerboat, war vessel, warship, wheel [informal], whip [US, informal]

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