whaling

/หˆweษชlษชล‹/
verb
  1. 1

    To hunt for whales.

verb
  1. 1

    To thrash, to flog, to beat vigorously or soundly.

noun
  1. 1

    The practice of hunting whales.

  2. 2

    The practice of spotting whales.

  3. 3

    A beating.

Source: https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/whale, https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/whaling