American English pronunciation
How to pronounce whale
IPA transcription: ['weɪl]
Pronunciation variants: ['weɪl][h'weɪl]
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Noun
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a very large person; impressive in size or qualities
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any of the larger cetacean mammals having a streamlined body and breathing through a blowhole on the head
Verb
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hunt for whales
Usage examples
- Perrin's beaked whales cannot be identified with absolute certainty at sea.
- There was a fluctuation in the water pressure that fed the whale tank.
- Cetaceans, such as beluga whales, dolphins and humpback whales, blow bubble rings.
- The aerodynamic shape of whales is nifty.
- There was a fluctuation in the water pressure that fed the whale tank.
- When echo-locating, the sperm whale emits a directionally focused beam of broadband clicks.
- Dwarf sperm whales are usually solitary, but have occasionally been seen in small pods.
- Artifacts consisted of underwater artifacts and scaled-down models of whales and fish.
- Whales such as Bowhead and Gray may appear close to shores.
- Wilhelmina Bay is dubbed "Whale-mina Bay" for its large number of humpback whales.