Whaling Definition

wālĭng, hwāl-
noun
The work or trade of hunting and killing whales for their blubber, whalebone, etc.
Webster's New World
A sound thrashing; whipping.
Webster's New World

(informal) A beating.

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verb

Present participle of whale.

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Other Word Forms of Whaling

Noun

Singular:
whaling
Plural:
whalings

Whaling Sentence Examples

  • Fish-curing and whaling are lucrative industries.

  • An interesting collection of antiquities and whaling implements is preserved in the Slotstaarn on Castle Hill.

  • It is the headquarters of a sealing and whaling fleet.

  • Nantucket was long famous as a whaling port.

  • The whaling and cod and mackerel fisheries were of earlier colonial origin.

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