whale
IPA: wˈeɪɫ
noun
- Any one of numerous large marine mammals comprising an informal group within infraorder Cetacea that usually excludes dolphins and porpoises.
- (by extension) Any species of Cetacea.
- (figuratively) Something, or someone, that is very large.
- (figuratively, as "whale of a ___") 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.
- (marketing, by extension) A person who spends large amounts of money on things that are marketed to them.
- (slang, offensive) An overweight person (usually used against women)
- A surname.
- A hamlet in Lowther parish, Eden district, Cumbria, England (OS grid ref NY5221).
verb
- (intransitive) To hunt for whales.
- (slang, transitive) To thrash, to flog, to beat vigorously or soundly.
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Examples of "whale" in Sentences
- I saw a blue whale in the zoo.
- Jonah survived in the belly of the whale.
- Greenpeace is also about saving the whales.
- The diet of sperm whales in the Antarctic seas.
- This was in the palmy days of the whale fishery.
- The Blue Whale, the largest animal ever to live, is a baleen whale.
- The image below the whale shark is credited to the Georgia Aquarium.
- The humpback whale is a mammal which belongs to the baleen whale suborder.
- The Blue Whale is a marine mammal belonging to the suborder of baleen whales.
- The modern niche is filled by several species of sharks and the baleen whales.
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