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whale

noun

1 whale

A very large person; impressive in size or qualities.

synonyms: giant, heavyweight, hulk.

Roget 192: size, magnitude, dimension, bulk, volume; largeness etc. adj.; greatness etc. (of quantity) 31; expanse etc. ... show more

Dutch: titaan, gigant, reus
Polish: olbrzym, kolos, goliat

2 whale

Any of the larger cetacean mammals having a streamlined body and breathing through a blowhole on the head.

Dutch: walvis
Polish: wieloryb, waleń

verb

1 whale

Hunt for whales.


Moby thesaurus: Loch Ness monster, alevin, angle, bait the hook, baste, bastinado, beat, belabor, belt, benthon, benthos, birch, bob, buffet, cane, cetacean, clam, club, cowhide, cudgel ... show more.

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whaling

Moby thesaurus: angling, banging, bumping, casting, colossal, dressing-down, enormous, fishery, fishing, fly fishing, gargantuan, gigantic, guddling, harpooning, hiding, immense, jigging, larruping, lathering, leathering ... show more.

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