whiting
whiting¹
Definition
whit·ing (hwīt′iŋ, wīt′-)
noun pl. -·ings or -·ing
any of various edible marine fishes, including the silver hake, the corvina of the California coast, and various kingfishes
Etymology: ME < MDu wijting < wit, white
whiting²
Definition
whit·ing (hwīt′iŋ, wīt′-)
whiting
Usage Examples
Converse of object
- catch: One blind whiting caught on a line in the harbor, Tenby, Pembrokeshire.
- cod: In winter, thoughts turn to cod, whiting and flounders.
- produce: The autumn and winter months produce whiting and codling.
- dab: A terrible strain on such a rod but it brought me my first successes with plaice, flounder, dab, whiting and mackerel.
- add: Then push the leek to the side of the pan and add the whiting.
- use: I rarely use whiting, since I am also involved in fusing.
Adjective modifier
- blue: Blue whiting - a key species in the mid-water ecosystems of the north-eastern Atlantic.
- small: A whole small whiting or half a dab proves the better bait for tope, rays and huss, especially the whiting.
- whole: A whole small whiting or half a dab proves the better bait for tope, rays and huss, especially the whiting.
- good: There are large cod and good whiting in the winter and big shore smoothhounds in the summer.
Modifies a noun
- filet: We deal in all types of fresh fish with cod, haddock, and whiting filets being our specialty.
- stock: The whiting stock is also outside safe biological limits and a recovery plan with zero catch rate proposed.
Preposition: in
- winter: Good for codling and whiting in winter, mullet roam in the summer with the chance of a bass after dark.
whiting Quotes
'Extremes meet', as the whiting said with its tail in its mouth.
Browse dictionary entries near whiting
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- whitethroat
- whitetail
- whitish
- whitleather
- whitlow
- Whitman
- Whitmanesque
- Whitmonday
- Whitney
- Whitsun
- Whitsunday
- Whitsuntide
