whaling
Meaning of whaling
noun
- the practice or industry of hunting and killing whales for their oil, meat, or whalebone.
a ban on whaling
the whaling industry
whaling nations
- beat; hit.
Dad came upstairs and whaled me
they whaled at the water with their paddles
late 18th century: variant of wale.
Information about whaling
- The plural form of whaling is: whalings.
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Hyphenation of whaling
whal-ing
- It consists of 2 syllables and 7 chars.
- whaling is a word disyllabic because it has two syllables
Translation of whaling
Words that rhyme with whaling
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