supercruise

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verb

To cruise at supersonic speed without using afterburners.

“The F-18 was able to supercruise 320 miles to the battlefield in 20 minutes and loiter there for an hour.”

OriginEnglish cruise ← Latin super- ← Proto-Italic *super →
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Meanings

verbsupercruise (third-person singular simple present supercruises, present participle supercruising, simple past and past participle supercruised)

present singular third person supercruises · participle present supercruising · participle past supercruised · past supercruised

  1. aeronauticsTo cruise at supersonic speed without using afterburners.

    The F-18 was able to supercruise 320 miles to the battlefield in 20 minutes and loiter there for an hour.

nounsupercruise (plural supercruises)

plural supercruises

  1. aeronauticsA mode or period of aircraft flight involving supercruising.

Origin

  1. Proto-Indo-European*úp
  2. Proto-Indo-European*upér
  3. Proto-Italic*super
  4. Latinsuper
  5. Latinsuper-
  6. Englishsuper-
  7. Englishcruise
  8. Englishsupercruise

From super- + cruise.

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APA

supercruise. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 4, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/supercruise

MLA

“supercruise.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/supercruise. Accessed November 4, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “supercruise,” accessed November 4, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/supercruise.

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