whale


Definition: Meaning of, whale in English to English dictionary.

Pronunciation: / weɪl /

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whale whales
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  1. a very large animal that lives in the sea and looks like a fish, but is actually a MAMMAL
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  2. have a whale of a time informal to enjoy yourself very much
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[intransitive] [American English]
  1. whale into/on somebody/something to start hitting someone or something
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whale used in phrases

  • Greenland whale (noun)
    1. large-mouthed Arctic whale
  • baleen whale (noun)
    1. whale with plates of whalebone along the upper jaw for filtering plankton from the water
  • beaked whale (noun)
    1. any of several whales inhabiting all oceans and having beaklike jaws with vestigial teeth in the upper jaw
  • black whale (noun)
    1. small dark-coloured whale of the Atlantic coast of the United States; the largest male acts as pilot or leader for the school
    2. large whale with a large cavity in the head containing spermaceti and oil; also a source of ambergris
  • blue whale (noun)
    1. largest mammal ever known; bluish-grey migratory whalebone whale mostly of southern hemisphere
  • bottle-nosed whale (noun)
    1. northern Atlantic beaked whale with a bulbous forehead
  • bottlenose whale (noun)
    1. northern Atlantic beaked whale with a bulbous forehead
  • bowhead whale (noun)
    1. large-mouthed Arctic whale
  • dwarf sperm whale (noun)
    1. to 8 feet very small sperm whale of central coasts of Atlantic and Pacific
  • fin whale (noun)
    1. large flat-headed whalebone whale having deep furrows along the throat; of Atlantic and Pacific
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