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Grammar : Adj, noun, verb
Spell : hwey-ling, wey-
Phonetic Transcription : ˈʰweɪ lɪŋ, ˈweɪ-



Definition of whaling

Origin :
  • Old English hwæl, from Proto-Germanic *khwalaz (cf. Old Saxon hwal, Old Norse hvalr, hvalfiskr, Swedish val, Middle Dutch wal, walvisc, Dutch walvis, Old High German wal, German Wal); probably cognate with Latin squalus "a kind of large sea fish." Phrase whale of a "excellent or large example" is c.1900, student slang.
  • As in massy : adj giant
  • As in mastodonic : adj giant
  • As in pythonic : adj giant
  • As in walloping : adj giant
  • As in giant : adj very large
  • As in licking : noun defeat
  • As in thrashing : noun defeat
  • As in vanquishment : noun defeat
  • As in defeat : noun overthrow, beating
  • As in lash : verb beat, whip
  • As in pummel : verb beat, pommel
  • As in scourge : verb beat, punish, often physically
  • As in slug : verb hit
  • As in beat : verb injure by striking
  • As in tan : verb flog, whip
  • As in whip : verb hit repeatedly
  • As in blubber : verb cry
  • As in thresh : verb beat
  • As in flail : verb beat, strike
  • As in flog : verb whip, lash
Example sentences :
  • You would think he was off on a whaling cruise—three years and a tail.
  • Extract from : « To-morrow » by Joseph Conrad
  • The father of these three children had been lost at sea on a whaling voyage.
  • Extract from : « Bertha and Her Baptism » by Nehemiah Adams
  • Besides, they would exchange the whaling news, and have an agreeable chat.
  • Extract from : « Moby Dick; or The Whale » by Herman Melville
  • Are you not the precious image of each and all of us men in this whaling world?
  • Extract from : « Moby Dick; or The Whale » by Herman Melville
  • The whale has no famous author, and whaling no famous chronicler, you will say.
  • Extract from : « Moby Dick; or The Whale » by Herman Melville
  • The whale no famous author, and whaling no famous chronicler?
  • Extract from : « Moby Dick; or The Whale » by Herman Melville
  • How comes all this, if there be not something puissant in whaling?
  • Extract from : « Moby Dick; or The Whale » by Herman Melville
  • Why did the Dutch in De Witt's time have admirals of their whaling fleets?
  • Extract from : « Moby Dick; or The Whale » by Herman Melville
  • Grant it, since you cite it; but, say what you will, there is no real dignity in whaling.
  • Extract from : « Moby Dick; or The Whale » by Herman Melville
  • Do you mean to say you have run across Jim Carver on board that whaling bark?
  • Extract from : « Swept Out to Sea » by W. Bertram Foster

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