whaling

English

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈweɪlɪŋ/
  • Homophone: wailing
  • Rhymes: -eɪlɪŋ

Noun

whaling (countable and uncountable, plural whalings)

  1. The practice of hunting whales.
  2. The practice of spotting whales.
  3. (informal) A beating.

Synonyms

Translations

See also

Verb

whaling

  1. present participle of whale
This article is issued from Wiktionary. The text is licensed under Creative Commons - Attribution - Sharealike. Additional terms may apply for the media files.