"whaling" meaning in English

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Noun

IPA: /ˈweɪlɪŋ/ Audio: LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-whaling.wav Forms: whalings [plural]
Rhymes: -eɪlɪŋ Head templates: {{en-noun|~}} whaling (countable and uncountable, plural whalings)
  1. The practice of hunting whales. Tags: countable, uncountable 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 '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
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  3. (informal) A beating. Tags: countable, informal, uncountable
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  4. (computing) A form of highly personalized cyberattack that targets a senior business executive. Tags: countable, uncountable Categories (topical): Computing
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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
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
    Sense id: en-whaling-en-verb-Zyk4P2gu
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Categories (other): Whaling Disambiguation of Whaling: 0 0 0 0 0

Inflected forms

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    "en:Whales",
    "en:Whaling"
  ],
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      },
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    }
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  "lang": "English",
  "lang_code": "en",
  "pos": "verb",
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        {
          "word": "whale"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "present participle and gerund of whale"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "whale",
          "whale#English"
        ]
      ],
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        "form-of",
        "gerund",
        "participle",
        "present"
      ]
    }
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      "ipa": "/ˈweɪlɪŋ/"
    },
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    },
    {
      "homophone": "wailing"
    },
    {
      "rhymes": "-eɪlɪŋ"
    }
  ],
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    "whaling"
  ],
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}

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