Definitions for whaling

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whaling whal·ing

Spelling: [hwey-ling, wey-]

IPA: /ˈʰweɪ lɪŋ, ˈweɪ-/

Whaling is a 7 letter English word. It's valid Scrabble word worth 14 points. It's valid Words with friends word worth 16 points.

You can make 138 anagrams from letters in whaling (aghilnw).

Definitions for whaling

noun

1. the work or industry of capturing and rendering whales; whale fishing.
2. any of the larger marine mammals of the order Cetacea, especially as distinguished from the smaller dolphins and porpoises, having a fishlike body, forelimbs modified into flippers, and a head that is horizontally flattened.
3. Informal. something big, great, or fine of its kind:
4. (initial capital letter) Astronomy. the constellation Cetus.

verb

1. to hit, thrash, or beat soundly.

verb (used without object)

1. to engage in whaling or whale fishing.

Origin of whaling

First recorded in 1680-90; whale¹ + -ing¹

Examples for whaling

You would think he was off on a whaling cruise—three years and a tail.

Are you not the precious image of each and all of us men in this whaling world?

Bronstein makes an annual offer to send crews aboard the Japanese whaling fleet or even just interview representatives.

I do have a certain amount of moral discomfort because of the situation with whaling.

The younger the respondent, the lower the support for whaling.

The father of these three children had been lost at sea on a whaling voyage.

Besides, they would exchange the whaling news, and have an agreeable chat.

Why did the Dutch in De Witt's time have admirals of their whaling fleets?

His great grandfather sailed from Cape Verde and was involved in the whaling industry of Nantucket Island, Mass.

"We have the show that may be the closing note on whaling in the Southern Ocean," she said.