whale
(noun) any of the larger cetacean mammals having a streamlined body and breathing through a blowhole on the head
giant, hulk, heavyweight, whale
(noun) a very large person; impressive in size or qualities
whale
(verb) hunt for whales
Source: WordNet® 3.1
Whale
A surname.
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whale (plural whales)
Any of several species of large sea mammals of the infraorder Cetacea.
(figuratively) Something, or someone, that is very large.
(figuratively) Something, or someone, that is excellent.
(gambling) In a casino, a person who routinely bets at the maximum limit allowable.
(finance, informal) An investor who deals with very large amounts of money.
(video games, by extension) A video game player who spends large amounts of money on premium content.
whale (third-person singular simple present whales, present participle whaling, simple past and past participle whaled)
(intransitive) To hunt for whales.
whale (third-person singular simple present whales, present participle whaling, simple past and past participle whaled)
(slang, transitive) To thrash, to flog, to beat vigorously or soundly.
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Source: Wiktionary
Whale, n. Etym: [OE. whal, AS. hwæl; akin to D. walvisch, G. wal, walfisch, OHG. wal, Icel. hvalr, Dan. & Sw. hval, hvalfisk. Cf. Narwhal, Walrus.] (Zoöl.)
Definition: Any aquatic mammal of the order Cetacea, especially any one of the large species, some of which become nearly one hundred feet long. Whales are hunted chiefly for their oil and baleen, or whalebone.
Note: The existing whales are divided into two groups: the toothed whales (Odontocete), including those that have teeth, as the cachalot, or sperm whale (see Sperm whale); and the baleen, or whalebone, whales (Mysticete), comprising those that are destitute of teeth, but have plates of baleen hanging from the upper jaw, as the right whales. The most important species of whalebone whales are the bowhead, or Greenland, whale (see Illust. of Right whale), the Biscay whale, the Antarctic whale, the gray whale (see under Gray), the humpback, the finback, and the rorqual. Whale bird. (Zoöl.) (a) Any one of several species of large Antarctic petrels which follow whaling vessels, to feed on the blubber and floating oil; especially, Prion turtur (called also blue petrel), and Pseudoprion desolatus. (b) The turnstone; -- so called because it lives on the carcasses of whales. [Canada] -- Whale fin (Com.), whalebone. Simmonds.
– Whale fishery, the fishing for, or occupation of taking, whales.
РWhale louse (Zo̦l.), any one of several species of degraded amphipod crustaceans belonging to the genus Cyamus, especially C. ceti. They are parasitic on various cetaceans.
РWhale's bone, ivory. [Obs.] -- Whale shark. (Zo̦l.) (a) The basking, or liver, shark. (b) A very large harmless shark (Rhinodon typicus) native of the Indian Ocean. It sometimes becomes sixty feet long.
– Whale shot, the name formerly given to spermaceti.
РWhale's tongue (Zo̦l.), a balanoglossus.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
15 March 2025
(noun) the replacement of an edge or solid angle (as in cutting a gemstone) by a plane (especially by a plane that is equally inclined to the adjacent faces)
The first coffee-house in Mecca dates back to the 1510s. The beverage was in Turkey by the 1530s. It appeared in Europe circa 1515-1519 and was introduced to England by 1650. By 1675 the country had more than 3,000 coffee houses, and coffee had replaced beer as a breakfast drink.
