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Whale v.2. World English Historical Dictionary Dictionary Biographies Literary Criticism Welcome Terms of Service ⧏ Previous Next ⧐ Contents Slice Contents Key Bibliographic Record Murray’s New English Dictionary. 1928, rev. 2024. Whale v.2 Now U.S. colloq. [Of obscure origin. Commonly regarded as a spelling of WALE v.1, but there are difficulties of form, chronology and meaning. Perhaps orig. = to thrash with a whalebone whip (see WHALEBONE 3 b).]

1   1.  trans. To beat, flog, thrash.

2 1790.  Grose, Prov. Gloss. (ed. 2), Whale, to beat with a horsewhip or pliant stick.

3 1801.  Col. G. Hanger, Life, II. 162. Whaleing a gentleman is but a vulgar revenge.

4 1884.  ‘Mark Twain,’ Huck. Finn, iii. He used to always whale me when he was sober and could get his hands on me.

5   2.  transf. intr. To do something implied by the context continuously or vehemently.

6 1897.  Barrère & Leland, Dict. Slang, To whale away, (Amer.), to preach, talk, or lecture away continuously or vehemently.

7 1908.  H. Day, King Spruce, xxiv. You don’t think I’ve whaled up here hell-tilarrup on a jumper to sit down and talk about women, do you?

8 1915.  Morning Post, 1 June, 4/4. They … snatched these rifles up, and whaled away at our chaps.

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