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whale
1[weyl, hweyl]
noun
plural
whales ,plural
whale .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.
Informal.something big, great, or fine of its kind.
I had a whale of a time in Europe.
Programming this game turned out to be a whale of a project.
Also called crypto whale.an investor who holds a large amount of cryptocurrency and is therefore able to create noticeable effects on the market, as by influencing prices through large transactions or by reducing the amount of available cryptocurrency through failure to move their holdings.
The recent accumulation of this cryptocurrency by whales may indicate that they expect it to see significant gains in the near future.
Astronomy.Whale, the constellation Cetus.
verb (used without object)
to engage in whaling or whale fishing.
Digital Technology.to phish by posing as a company’s attorney, CEO, vendor, or other authorized entity in order to scam a payroll department, corporate executive, etc., out of money or confidential information.
When she demonstrated her project, “How to Whale and Make Millions,” they didn’t know whether to award her or arrest her!
verb (used with object)
Digital Technology.to make (a company’s employee or department) a phishing victim by posing as an entity authorized to procure money or confidential information from the company.
Before proving he had been whaled, the marketing VP was subjected to much scrutiny and suspicion.
whale
2[hweyl, weyl]
verb
to hit, thrash, or beat soundly.
Back then, if we misbehaved, Dad would threaten to whale us.
We took advantage of the other team where they were weakest and whaled the stuffing out of them.
verb phrase
to work vigorously and continuously at or on.
It was cool to see this bunch of talented writers whaling away on their screenplay.
I remember whaling at code over and over, pretty much at random, until I found something that sort of worked.
to strike with furious and repeated blows.
Satisfying as it was to whale on the punching bag, it did little to restore my emotional balance.
In the last round, he pinned his opponent in the corner and was whaling away at him with both hands.
to criticize vehemently.
When hostile people are whaling on your ideas, it’s easy to feel humiliated and angry.
Now all the political pundits are whaling away at the president for neglecting the military.
to play (an instrument) with abandon.
There was a jazz musician in the corner of the bar, whaling away at the piano.
He and his band whaled on their instruments with their whole bodies—it was amazing!
whale
1/ ɱɪ /
noun
any of the larger cetacean mammals, excluding dolphins, porpoises, and narwhals. They have flippers, a streamlined body, and a horizontally flattened tail and breathe through a blowhole on the top of the head
any cetacean mammal See also toothed whale whalebone whale
slanga gambler who has the capacity to win and lose large sums of money in a casino
informalan exceptionally large, fine, etc, example of a (person or thing)
we had a whale of a time on holiday
whale
2/ ɱɪ /
verb
(tr) to beat or thrash soundly
51Թ History and Origins
Origin of whale1
Origin of whale2
51Թ History and Origins
Origin of whale1
Origin of whale2
Example Sentences
A minke whale in Long Beach Harbor and a gray whale that stranded in Huntington Beach also succumbed to the outbreak.
We have indeed known for a while that whales are intelligent creatures, with their own eerie and complex form of sound-based communication.
Oh –– and personally I have no wish to trade jokes with whales!
"The ferry was lovely. Did a bit of whale watching, saw dolphins, which I wasn't expecting," Ben said.
But the eruption probably won’t affect sea life such as whales, which are “too close to the surface” to be bothered by the eruption, Wilcock said.
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