whale

[US]/weɪl/
[UK]/weɪl/
Frequency: Very High

Translation

vt. to beat severely; to defeat soundly
vi. to hunt whales
n. a large marine mammal; something immense.

Phrases & Collocations

giant whale

humpback whale

blue whale

sperm whale

killer whale

whale watching

whale conservation

white whale

whale meat

right whale

whale shark

beaked whale

Example Sentences

a whale of a story.

the upstroke of the whale's tail.

The whale is rich in blubber.

waiting for the whale to breach.

They had a whale of a time at the funfair.

you've been doing a whale of a job.

a whale stranded on the shore

The whale is the largest mammal in creation.

The poet whaled away at the critics.

Whales belong among the mammals.

whales ingesting krill.

the islanders clubbed whales to death.

whales enmeshed in drift nets.

a sperm whale cannot see directly fore and aft.

whales use their own inbuilt sonar system to navigate.

Dad came upstairs and whaled me.

The whale thrashed the water with its tail.

They whaled their rivals 20 to 0.

Real-world Examples

That's how you devour a whale, Doug.

Source: House of Cards

Look. The other card is a whale.

Source: People's Education Press PEP Primary School English Grade 6 Volume 2

And after that, Japan just kept on whaling and selling whale meat.

Source: NPR News January 2019 Compilation

And there is two whales right there.

Source: CNN 10 Student English March 2018 Collection

Scientists have been studying these whales for many years.

Source: Lai Shixiong Basic English Vocabulary 2000

So it's a particular type of musical lilting whale.

Source: Connection Magazine

Remember, it's a whale, so that's all right.

Source: CNN Selected June 2015 Collection

Or even the mighty blue whale.

Source: PBS Fun Science Popularization

Dorothy takes out a magic bike for the big white whale.

Source: BlackCat (Beginner) Audiobook

I can see Philip's toy whale and its white tail.

Source: Shanghai Education Edition Oxford Primary English (Starting from Grade 3) Grade 4 Second Semester

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