Whaling - definition, pronunciation, transcription
Amer.
|ˈweɪlɪŋ|
Brit.
|ˈweɪlɪŋ|
noun
- The practice of hunting whales.
- The practice of spotting whales.
- (informal) A beating.
- The practice of spotting whales.
- (informal) A beating.
verb
- Present participle of whale.
Extra examples
From fear of a whaling by his active parent.
...at one time pelagic whaling was the cornerstone of the island's economy...
Whaling in Australia was stopped. But the Australian government went further (=said or did something more extreme) and proposed a global ban.
...an edition of Melville's novel that could use more explanative footnotes about whaling...
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