whale

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As far as I can tell there was no fail whale during this whole news break.

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Quick take

a very large person; impressive in size or qualities

Meaning at a glance

The clearest senses and uses of whale gathered in one view.

noun

a very large person; impressive in size or qualities

noun

any of the larger cetacean mammals having a streamlined body and breathing through a blowhole on the head

verb

hunt for whales

Definitions

Core meanings and parts of speech for whale.

noun

a very large person; impressive in size or qualities

noun

any of the larger cetacean mammals having a streamlined body and breathing through a blowhole on the head

verb

hunt for whales

Example sentences

As far as I can tell there was no fail whale during this whole news break.

They find giant squid beaks inside sperm whale stomachs too.

They dive to depths 25 times deeper than their other equally famous and endangered cousin the blue whales.

It boggles the mind why the car companies lobbied to keep whale hunting when their numbers were already so low.

The same mass transmission failures that happened, only without anymore whales left.

A quick addition to the awesomeness of sperm whales: part of the reason they dive so deep/long is to hunt giant squid.

Moby dick's kin the sperm whales are incredibly interesting.

>Fooling people into mistaking a submarine for a whale doesn't show that submarines really swimWhy not?

Fooling people into mistaking a submarine for a whale doesn't show that submarines really swim; nor does it fail to establish the fact.

One is an admirable goal for a whale of a company and the other is a stubborn denial of contrary opinions.

While a sperm whale vs. giant squid battle has never been observed, there are multiple counts of sperm whales with scars that are from squids and in some cases almost certainly from giant squid.

One former employee likened them to a humpback whale, feeding on 'krill headcount' from acquired companies while squeezing the excess out through their baleen filters.

It wasn't long ago when we used substances like whale oil and trees to produce fuel -- if we limited ourselves as a society to those sources we wouldn't be where we are today.

As I understand it, "whales" tend to be less "poor gullible fools maxing out their credit cards" and more "extraordinarily wealthy people that enjoy wasting amounts that seem ridiculous to us but are truly nothing but a drop in the bucket to them.