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whaling

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Phonetic Respelling: [ hwey-ling, wey- ]

Definition: Play

verb. to hunt whales; noun. the business or work of hunting and killing whales and selling their parts.

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Her father went on awhalingexpedition.

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Her father went on a whaling expedition.

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Why did the whaling crews wear white?

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He was the harpooner on the whaling ship.

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Who was often found on whaling ships?

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What was the name of the Holland whaling ship that rescued Allen?

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What was the name of the whaling ship that Allan worked on that sank in 1757?

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When the sailors on New England whaling ships left the New Zealand shores, what did they throw overboard for good luck?

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Why would the large whaling ship itself be in danger when a whale was harpooned?

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In what way were whaling ships liberal?

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Synonyms: Play

hunt whales; killing whales; whale business

Antonyms: Play

hunt deer

How many syllables in whaling?

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Divide whaling into syllables:

whal-ing

Whaling rhymes:

  • Two Syllable Rhymes
    • Hear ailing ailing
    • Hear ayling ayling
    • Hear bailing bailing
    • Hear baling baling
    • Hear failing failing
    • Hear flailing flailing
    • Hear grayling grayling
    • Hear hailing hailing
    • Hear jailing jailing
    • Hear mailing mailing
    • Hear nailing nailing
    • Hear paling paling
    • Hear railing railing
    • Hear sailing sailing
    • Hear saling saling
    • Hear scaling scaling
    • Hear tailing tailing
    • Hear trailing trailing
    • Hear veiling veiling
    • Hear wailing wailing
    • Hear whaling whaling
  • Three Syllable Rhymes
    • Hear assailing assailing
    • Hear curtailing curtailing
    • Hear derailing derailing
    • Hear detailing detailing
    • Hear entailing entailing
    • Hear inhaling inhaling
    • Hear prevailing prevailing
    • Hear regaling regaling
    • Hear surveilling surveilling
    • Hear unfailing unfailing
    • Hear unveiling unveiling
  • Four Syllable Rhymes
    • Hear unavailing unavailing

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