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cruise controls

cruise controls is the plural of cruise control.

Meaning of cruise control

Noun

cruise control (countable and uncountable, plural cruise controls)

  1. 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
  2. (figuratively) 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

Questions about cruise controls

What is cruise controls the plural of?
Cruise controls is the plural of cruise control.

Words near cruise controls in the dictionary

  1. cruise climb
  2. cruise climbed
  3. cruise climbing
  4. cruise climbs
  5. cruise control
  6. cruise controls
  7. Cruise Elroy
  8. cruise liner
  9. cruise liners
  10. cruise missile
  11. cruise missiles

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