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whaling

/ˈweɪlɪŋ/

Sounds like wailing, waling · Rhymes with -eɪlɪŋ

noun whalings

countable, uncountable The practice of hunting whales. In 1946, the International Whaling Commission (IWC) was established to regulate whale stocks and “make possible the orderly development of the whaling industry”. It attempted to impose quotas and move the industry toward something more sustainable. This proved difficult, so the IWC simply gave up an
countable, uncountable The practice of spotting whales.
Similar: whale watching
countable, informal, uncountable A beating.
countable, uncountable A form of highly personalized cyberattack that targets a senior business executive. Whaling attacks typically take specific responsibilities of these executive roles into consideration, using focused messaging to trick the victim.

verb

gerund, participle, present present participle and gerund of whale
informal physically beating.

Thesaurus

Closest in meaning: heavyweight, hulk, giant, whaler, fishery, fishing, hunt, hunting, harvesting, harvest, sealing, fighter, hunts, fisheries, iwc, harpooning

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noun practice of hunting whales

Español	caza de ballenas
한국어	고래잡이 goraejabi
日本語	捕鯨 hogei
中文	捕鯨 /捕鲸 bǔjīng
Português	baleação
Français	chasse à la baleine
Deutsch	Walfang
Italiano	caccia alla balena
Русский	охо́та на кито́в oxóta na kitóv, китобо́йный про́мысел kitobójnyj prómysel
Tiếng Việt	săn bắt cá voi, sự đánh cá voi, nghề đánh cá voi
العربية	صَيْد اَلْحِيتَان ṣayd al-ḥītān
עברית	צֵיד לִוְיְתָנִים tseyd livyetanim

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@misc{whaling_2026,
  title = {whaling},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/whaling},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}