"whaling" meaning in English

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Noun

IPA: /ˈweɪlɪŋ/ Audio: LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-whaling.wav [Southern-England] Forms: whalings [plural]
Rhymes: -eɪlɪŋ Head templates: {{en-noun|~}} whaling (countable and uncountable, plural whalings)
  1. The practice of hunting whales. Tags: countable, uncountable Categories (lifeform): Whales Translations (practice of hunting whales): صَيْد اَلْحِيتَان (ṣayd al-ḥītān) [masculine] (Arabic), лов на китове (lov na kitove) [masculine] (Bulgarian), 捕鯨 (Chinese Mandarin), 捕鲸 (bǔjīng) (Chinese Mandarin), lov velryb [masculine] (Czech), hvalfangst [common-gender] (Danish), walvisvaart (Dutch), walvisjacht [feminine, masculine] (Dutch), balenĉasado (Esperanto), balenkaptado (Esperanto), vaalapüük (Estonian), valaanpyynti (Finnish), chasse à la baleine [feminine] (French), Walfang [masculine] (German), צֵיד לִוְיְתָנִים (tseyd livyetanim) [masculine] (Hebrew), bálnavadászat (Hungarian), hvalveiðar (Icelandic), caccia alla balena [feminine] (Italian), 捕鯨 (hogei) (alt: ほげい) (Japanese), 고래잡이 (goraejabi) (Korean), китолов (kitolov) [masculine] (Macedonian), hvalfangst [masculine] (Norwegian Bokmål), kvalfangst [masculine] (Norwegian Nynorsk), hwælhuntoþ [masculine] (Old English), wielorybnictwo [neuter] (Polish), baleação [feminine] (Portuguese), охо́та на кито́в (oxóta na kitóv) [feminine] (Russian), китобо́йный про́мысел (kitobójnyj prómysel) [masculine] (Russian), китолов [masculine] (Serbo-Croatian), kitolov [masculine] (Serbo-Croatian), лов на китове [masculine] (Serbo-Croatian), lov na kitove [masculine] (Serbo-Croatian), caza de ballenas [feminine] (Spanish), valfångst [common-gender] (Swedish), săn bắt cá voi (Vietnamese), sự đánh cá voi (Vietnamese), nghề đánh cá voi (Vietnamese), valütifan (Volapük)
    Sense id: en-whaling-en-noun-a0liBdCE Disambiguation of Whales: 23 31 5 8 32 Disambiguation of 'practice of hunting whales': 76 20 1 3
  2. The practice of spotting whales. Tags: countable, uncountable Categories (lifeform): Whales Synonyms (spotting of whales): whale watching
    Sense id: en-whaling-en-noun-eB3lxZt8 Disambiguation of Whales: 23 31 5 8 32 Disambiguation of 'spotting of whales': 34 54 7 5
  3. (informal) A beating. Tags: countable, informal, uncountable
    Sense id: en-whaling-en-noun-fqDUGU1O
  4. (computing) A form of highly personalized cyberattack that targets a senior business executive. Tags: countable, uncountable Categories (topical): Computing
    Sense id: en-whaling-en-noun-kUuPr~7Q Topics: computing, engineering, mathematics, natural-sciences, physical-sciences, sciences
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Derived forms: whaling station Related terms: mallemaroking
Categories (other): Whaling Disambiguation of Whaling: 0 0 0 0 0

Verb

IPA: /ˈweɪlɪŋ/ Audio: LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-whaling.wav [Southern-England]
Rhymes: -eɪlɪŋ Head templates: {{head|en|verb form}} whaling
  1. present participle and gerund of whale Tags: form-of, gerund, participle, present Form of: whale Categories (lifeform): Whales
    Sense id: en-whaling-en-verb-Zyk4P2gu Disambiguation of Whales: 23 31 5 8 32 Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 6 22 2 19 51
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Categories (other): Whaling Disambiguation of Whaling: 0 0 0 0 0

Inflected forms

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          "beating",
          "beating"
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      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(informal) A beating."
      ],
      "tags": [
        "countable",
        "informal",
        "uncountable"
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [
        "English terms with quotations",
        "Quotation templates to be cleaned",
        "en:Computing"
      ],
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        {
          "ref": "2017, Prithviraj Gohel, Cyber Attacks: are we really secure?",
          "text": "Whaling attacks typically take specific responsibilities of these executive roles into consideration, using focused messaging to trick the victim.",
          "type": "quotation"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "A form of highly personalized cyberattack that targets a senior business executive."
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "computing",
          "computing#Noun"
        ],
        [
          "personalized",
          "personalized"
        ],
        [
          "cyberattack",
          "cyberattack"
        ],
        [
          "senior",
          "senior"
        ],
        [
          "business",
          "business"
        ],
        [
          "executive",
          "executive"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(computing) A form of highly personalized cyberattack that targets a senior business executive."
      ],
      "tags": [
        "countable",
        "uncountable"
      ],
      "topics": [
        "computing",
        "engineering",
        "mathematics",
        "natural-sciences",
        "physical-sciences",
        "sciences"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "/ˈweɪlɪŋ/"
    },
    {
      "homophone": "wailing"
    },
    {
      "rhymes": "-eɪlɪŋ"
    },
    {
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      "tags": [
        "Southern-England"
      ],
      "text": "Audio (Southern England)"
    }
  ],
  "synonyms": [
    {
      "sense": "spotting of whales",
      "word": "whale watching"
    }
  ],
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    {
      "code": "ar",
      "lang": "Arabic",
      "roman": "ṣayd al-ḥītān",
      "sense": "practice of hunting whales",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "صَيْد اَلْحِيتَان"
    },
    {
      "code": "bg",
      "lang": "Bulgarian",
      "roman": "lov na kitove",
      "sense": "practice of hunting whales",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "лов на китове"
    },
    {
      "code": "cmn",
      "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
      "sense": "practice of hunting whales",
      "word": "捕鯨"
    },
    {
      "code": "cmn",
      "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
      "roman": "bǔjīng",
      "sense": "practice of hunting whales",
      "word": "捕鲸"
    },
    {
      "code": "cs",
      "lang": "Czech",
      "sense": "practice of hunting whales",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "lov velryb"
    },
    {
      "code": "da",
      "lang": "Danish",
      "sense": "practice of hunting whales",
      "tags": [
        "common-gender"
      ],
      "word": "hvalfangst"
    },
    {
      "code": "nl",
      "lang": "Dutch",
      "sense": "practice of hunting whales",
      "word": "walvisvaart"
    },
    {
      "code": "nl",
      "lang": "Dutch",
      "sense": "practice of hunting whales",
      "tags": [
        "feminine",
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "walvisjacht"
    },
    {
      "code": "eo",
      "lang": "Esperanto",
      "sense": "practice of hunting whales",
      "word": "balenĉasado"
    },
    {
      "code": "eo",
      "lang": "Esperanto",
      "sense": "practice of hunting whales",
      "word": "balenkaptado"
    },
    {
      "code": "et",
      "lang": "Estonian",
      "sense": "practice of hunting whales",
      "word": "vaalapüük"
    },
    {
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "practice of hunting whales",
      "word": "valaanpyynti"
    },
    {
      "code": "fr",
      "lang": "French",
      "sense": "practice of hunting whales",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "chasse à la baleine"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "practice of hunting whales",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "Walfang"
    },
    {
      "code": "he",
      "lang": "Hebrew",
      "roman": "tseyd livyetanim",
      "sense": "practice of hunting whales",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "צֵיד לִוְיְתָנִים"
    },
    {
      "code": "hu",
      "lang": "Hungarian",
      "sense": "practice of hunting whales",
      "word": "bálnavadászat"
    },
    {
      "code": "is",
      "lang": "Icelandic",
      "sense": "practice of hunting whales",
      "word": "hvalveiðar"
    },
    {
      "code": "it",
      "lang": "Italian",
      "sense": "practice of hunting whales",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "caccia alla balena"
    },
    {
      "alt": "ほげい",
      "code": "ja",
      "lang": "Japanese",
      "roman": "hogei",
      "sense": "practice of hunting whales",
      "word": "捕鯨"
    },
    {
      "code": "ko",
      "lang": "Korean",
      "roman": "goraejabi",
      "sense": "practice of hunting whales",
      "word": "고래잡이"
    },
    {
      "code": "mk",
      "lang": "Macedonian",
      "roman": "kitolov",
      "sense": "practice of hunting whales",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "китолов"
    },
    {
      "code": "nb",
      "lang": "Norwegian Bokmål",
      "sense": "practice of hunting whales",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "hvalfangst"
    },
    {
      "code": "nn",
      "lang": "Norwegian Nynorsk",
      "sense": "practice of hunting whales",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "kvalfangst"
    },
    {
      "code": "ang",
      "lang": "Old English",
      "sense": "practice of hunting whales",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "hwælhuntoþ"
    },
    {
      "code": "pl",
      "lang": "Polish",
      "sense": "practice of hunting whales",
      "tags": [
        "neuter"
      ],
      "word": "wielorybnictwo"
    },
    {
      "code": "pt",
      "lang": "Portuguese",
      "sense": "practice of hunting whales",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "baleação"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "oxóta na kitóv",
      "sense": "practice of hunting whales",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "охо́та на кито́в"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "kitobójnyj prómysel",
      "sense": "practice of hunting whales",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "китобо́йный про́мысел"
    },
    {
      "code": "sh",
      "lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
      "sense": "practice of hunting whales",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "китолов"
    },
    {
      "code": "sh",
      "lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
      "sense": "practice of hunting whales",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "kitolov"
    },
    {
      "code": "sh",
      "lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
      "sense": "practice of hunting whales",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "лов на китове"
    },
    {
      "code": "sh",
      "lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
      "sense": "practice of hunting whales",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "lov na kitove"
    },
    {
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "practice of hunting whales",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "caza de ballenas"
    },
    {
      "code": "sv",
      "lang": "Swedish",
      "sense": "practice of hunting whales",
      "tags": [
        "common-gender"
      ],
      "word": "valfångst"
    },
    {
      "code": "vi",
      "lang": "Vietnamese",
      "sense": "practice of hunting whales",
      "word": "săn bắt cá voi"
    },
    {
      "code": "vi",
      "lang": "Vietnamese",
      "sense": "practice of hunting whales",
      "word": "sự đánh cá voi"
    },
    {
      "code": "vi",
      "lang": "Vietnamese",
      "sense": "practice of hunting whales",
      "word": "nghề đánh cá voi"
    },
    {
      "code": "vo",
      "lang": "Volapük",
      "sense": "practice of hunting whales",
      "word": "valütifan"
    }
  ],
  "wikipedia": [
    "whaling"
  ],
  "word": "whaling"
}

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    "English countable nouns",
    "English entries with incorrect language header",
    "English lemmas",
    "English non-lemma forms",
    "English nouns",
    "English terms with IPA pronunciation",
    "English terms with audio links",
    "English terms with homophones",
    "English uncountable nouns",
    "English verb forms",
    "Rhymes:English/eɪlɪŋ",
    "Rhymes:English/eɪlɪŋ/2 syllables",
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    "en:Whaling"
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  "lang_code": "en",
  "pos": "verb",
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        {
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      ],
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        "present"
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    {
      "ipa": "/ˈweɪlɪŋ/"
    },
    {
      "homophone": "wailing"
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      "rhymes": "-eɪlɪŋ"
    },
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}

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