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1. Any of the larger cetacean mammals having a streamlined body and breathing through a blowhole on the head
    
2. A very large person; impressive in size or qualities
   - giant, hulk, heavyweight

1. Hunt for whales
    
2. [N. Amer, informal] Beat severely with a whip or rod
   - flog, welt, whip, lather, lash, slash, strap, trounce
    
3. [N. Amer, informal] Beat thoroughly and conclusively in a competition or fight
   - cream [informal], bat, clobber [informal], drub, thrash [informal], lick [informal], marmalise [Brit, informal], marmelize [Brit, informal], marmelise [Brit, informal], wipe the floor [informal], paste [informal], beat hollow [informal], marmalize [Brit, informal], smoke [N. Amer, informal], hammer [informal], muller [Brit, informal], blow away [informal], slaughter [informal], tromp [N. Amer, informal], trounce

Sounds like: wade, weighed, whal

Derived forms: whaled, whales, whaling

Type of: beat, beat out, beat up, blower, cetacean, cetacean mammal, crush, hunt, hunt down, large person, run, shell, track down, trounce, vanquish, work over

Encyclopedia: Whale, killer