noun

• A fine white chalk used in paints, putty, whitewash etc.
• A fish, Merlangius merlangus (family Gadidae), similar to cod, found in the North Atlantic; English whiting (US).
• Any fish of many species that resemble Merlangius merlangus:
• in family Gadidae:
• (US) Any of several marine fish found in North American coastal waters, including hakes (genus Merluccius), especially Merluccius bilinearis (the silver hake).
• (Canada) Alaska pollock (Gadus chalcogrammus, syn. Theragra chalcogramma).
• A blue whiting (Micromesistius poutassou), a marine fish of the Northern Hemisphere.
• A southern blue whiting (Micromesistius australis), a marine fish of the Southern Hemisphere.
• in family Sillaginidae, smelt-whitings, inhabiting Indo-Pacific marine coasts, many species of which are commercially important whitefish.
• in family Sciaenidae, Menticirrhus americanus (Carolina whiting, king whiting, southern kingcroaker, and southern kingfish) found along the Atlantic and Gulf Coasts of the United States.
• A surname.
• A number of places in the United States:
• A city in Lake County, Indiana.
• A minor city in Monona County, Iowa.
• A minor city and township in Jackson County, Kansas.
• A town in Washington County, Maine.
• An unincorporated community in Mississippi County, Missouri.
• An unincorporated community in Manchester Township, Ocean County, New Jersey.
• A township in Bowman County, North Dakota.
• A town in Addison County, Vermont.
• A village in Portage County, Wisconsin.
• A census-designated place in Platte County, Wyoming.