cruise control en · NOUN
Meanings
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(countable, uncountable) A system that maintains a vehicle at constant set speed, usually until the brake or accelerator is pressed.
The crash-involved truck driver had activated the vehicle’s traditional cruise control, which is only able to maintain a set speed and does not reduce that speed based on vehicles ahead.
2024, NTSB, Highway Investigation Report, HIR-24-05:
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(countable, figuratively, uncountable) A state of being where tasks are completed easily and routinely.
Liverpool goalkeeper Pepe Reina was badly at fault as Ramires scored at the near post after 11 minutes and Chelsea looked in cruise control when Drogba continued his love affair with the FA Cup final and Wembley with an angled finish beyond Reina.
2012 May 5, Phil McNulty, “Chelsea 2-1 Liverpool”, in BBC Sport:He seemed happy living life in cruise control, which pissed me off.
2012, Gavin McInnes, The Death of Cool: From Teenage Rebellion to the Hangover of Adulthood, Simon and Schuster, →ISBN, page 88:Caps Lock is cruise control for cool; remember that for online conversations.
2013, Chris Kluwe, Beautifully Unique Sparkleponies:
Forms
| Spelling | Features | Labels | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| cruise controls | Number=Plur | lexicographic |
Deriveds
crawl control · adaptive cruise control
Relateds
Translations (19)
fi vakionopeudensäädin (system) · ru круи́з-контро́ль (system) · de Geschwindigkeitsregelanlage (system) · de Tempomat (system) · it regolatore di velocità (system) · fr régulateur de vitesse (system) · pdt Schwunktäajel (system) · uk круї́з-контро́ль (system) · cmn 巡航定速 (system) · ko 크루즈 컨트롤 (system) · it cruise control (system) · he בַּקָּרַת שִׁיּוּט (system) · cmn 速度控制 (system) · hu sebességtartó automatika (system) · cmn 自動巡航 /自动巡航 (system) · hu tempomat (system) · ja クルーズコントロール (system) · pl tempomat (system) · nl cruisecontrol (system)