Whale of a time
A very enjoyable experience, as in We had a whale of a time in Puerto Rico. This idiom alludes to the largest mammal to describe something very large and impressive. [ ; early 1900s ]
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noun 1. oil rendered from whale blubber, formerly widely used as a fuel for lamps and for making soap and candles. noun 1. oil obtained either from the blubber of whales (train oil) or the head of the sperm whale (sperm oil)
- Whale on
whale 2 whale into
- Whaler
noun 1. a person or vessel employed in whaling. noun 1. Also called (US) whaleman. a person employed in whaling 2. a vessel engaged in whaling See factory ship, whale catcher 3. another word for whaleboat 4. (Austral) a nomad surviving in the bush without working 5. (Austral) short for whaler shark
- Whaler shark
noun 1. (Austral) a large voracious shark, Galeolamna macrurus, of E. Australian waters
- Whale-shark
noun 1. a tropical shark, Rhincodon typus, ranging in size from 30 to 60 feet (9 to 18 meters), having small teeth and a sievelike structure over its gills for catching plankton. noun 1. a large spotted whalelike shark, Rhincodon typus, of warm seas, that feeds on plankton and small animals: family Rhincodontidae