the work or trade of hunting and killing whales for their blubber, whalebone, etc.
whaling
whal·ingInformal a sound thrashing; whipping
Origin of whaling
from whale + -ingWebster's New World College Dictionary, Fifth Edition Copyright © 2014 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. All rights reserved.
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whaling
noun
The business or practice of hunting, killing, and processing whales.
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Noun
(countable and uncountable, plural whalings)
Verb
- Present participle of whale.
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