Synonyms of whaling

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noun

as in clubbing

Related Words

• clubbing
• attack
• bashing
• paddling
• thrashing
• assault
• thumping
• flogging
• smashing
• hammering
• batting
• pummeling
• beating
• pounding
• whipping
• mauling
• battering
• belting
• harm
• buffeting
• licking
• injury
• battery
• pelting
• threat
• terror
• bludgeoning
• detriment
• barbarity
• onslaught
• hurt
• outbreak
• cudgeling
• rampage
• outrage
• damage
• turbulence
• fury
• drubbing
• frenzy
• savagery
• lacing
• upheaval
• socking
• brutality
• tromping
• impairment
• riot
• revolt
• bullying
• rage
• rupture
• pommeling
• tumult
• paroxysm
• shock
• walloping
• uproar
• storm
• bulldozing
• violence
• browbeating
• strong-arming
• mutilation
• hectoring
• foul play
• maiming
• mayhem
• crippling
• force

Dissimilar Words

• pacifism
• nonviolence
• pacificism

whaling

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verb

present participle of whale

1

as in smacking

to deliver a blow to (someone or something) usually in a strong vigorous manner

whaled the ball so hard that it sailed over the fence and into the neighbor's yard

Synonyms & Similar Words

• smacking
• slapping
• hitting
• banging
• punching
• knocking
• slamming
• clapping
• pounding
• striking
• whacking
• batting
• clipping
• boxing
• swiping
• kicking
• cracking
• bashing
• thumping
• tagging
• bobbing
• rapping
• hammering
• nailing
• tapping
• thwacking
• smiting
• slugging
• pushing
• poking
• shoving
• bludgeoning
• jabbing
• clouting
• chopping
• socking
• licking
• swatting
• bopping
• stabbing
• zapping
• belting
• flicking
• clobbering
• bonking
• slogging
• biffing
• bumping
• busting
• pasting
• clocking
• stroking
• walloping
• battering
• pummeling
• beating
• mauling
• hanging one on
• stamping
• roughing
• mangling
• slashing
• dumping
• lashing
• buffeting
• butting
• peppering
• pelting
• lambasting
• bunting
• prodding
• jostling
• cuffing
• felling
• kneeing
• clubbing
• spearing
• sledging
• scuffing
• whipping
• drubbing
• decking
• bowling (down or over)
• lacing
• pommeling
• flailing
• knocking down
• bunging
• caning
• cudgeling
• thrashing
• flogging
• flooring
• creaming
• leveling
• switching
• sapping
• rabbit-punching
• braining
• sledgehammering
• sucker punching
• conking
• beaning
• skulling

2

as in hiding

to strike repeatedly with something long and thin or flexible

whaled the rug with a broom to knock the dirt out of it

Synonyms & Similar Words

• hiding
• whipping
• slashing
• tanning
• lashing
• flicking
• cutting
• slapping
• hitting
• switching
• flailing
• thrashing
• scourging
• flogging
• spanking
• knocking
• banging
• punching
• batting
• flagellating
• smacking
• licking
• birching
• leathering
• pounding
• mauling
• rawhiding
• boxing
• cowhiding
• horsewhipping
• whacking
• strapping
• clipping
• swiping
• clapping
• thumping
• beating
• clubbing
• caning
• swatting
• bashing
• cudgeling
• paddling
• quirting
• battering
• smiting
• thwacking
• slugging
• pelting
• socking
• pummeling
• threshing
• hammering
• clouting
• cracking
• knouting
• bopping
• bludgeoning
• roughing
• touching up
• mangling
• blackjacking
• clobbering
• buffeting
• working over
• basting
• lamming
• busting
• cuffing
• belting
• lambasting
• pasting
• slogging
• fustigating
• lathering
• belaboring
• slating
• pistol-whipping
• fibbing
• tromping
• lacing
• walloping
• drubbing
• whopping
• pommeling
• bunging
• whupping

3

as in pounding

to strike repeatedly

mercilessly whaled the pickpocket for stealing from her purse

Synonyms & Similar Words

• pounding
• licking
• lashing
• hiding
• battering
• whipping
• attacking
• beating
• doing
• thumping
• batting
• slapping
• hitting
• knocking
• punching
• pelting
• spanking
• smashing
• slamming
• raiding
• boxing
• clubbing
• bashing
• assaulting
• paddling
• tanning
• chopping
• mauling
• pummeling
• threshing
• hammering
• currying
• smacking
• bludgeoning
• thrashing
• flogging
• buffeting
• working over
• basting
• punching out
• belting
• switching
• lambasting
• storming
• whacking
• slogging
• birching
• lathering
• belaboring
• slating
• roughing (up)
• swiping
• fibbing
• tromping
• lacing
• messing (up)
• drubbing
• whopping
• pommeling
• walloping
• whupping
• wounding
• cracking
• thwacking
• bunging up
• swatting
• rushing
• cudgeling
• assailing
• socking
• beating up on
• strapping
• descending (on or upon)
• jumping (on)
• caning
• clobbering
• scourging
• besetting
• clouting
• lamming
• pasting
• cuffing
• whamming
• busting
• pouncing (on or upon)
• laying on
• goring
• flagellating
• leathering
• blackjacking
• maiming
• mutilating
• mangling
• lacerating
• rawhiding
• whomping
• cowhiding
• horsewhipping
• pistol-whipping
• fustigating

Example Sentences

Recent Examples of whaling

Noun

Norway resumed commercial whaling in 1993 and Iceland in 2006, ‌despite an international moratorium that took effect in 1986 ​to protect whale populations. — Reuters, NBC news, 10 Sep. 2026

That same year, Panettiere stood alongside Senator John Kerry for a joint press conference on Capitol Hill to urge the government for strong leadership in opposing commercial whaling and protecting marine life. — Tracy Wright, FOXNews.com, 21 Aug. 2026

Verb

Watson was imprisoned in Greenland for five months in 2024 after being arrested on a Japanese warrant over charges of obstructing a whaling ship in 2010. — ABC News, 1 Aug. 2026

The New Bedford Whaling Museum in Massachusetts, which highlights the history, science and art of whaling rather than marine animals, embraced the one-star review by boldly printing the phrase on T-shirts, sweatshirts and tote bags. — Kelly McGreal, FOXNews.com, 30 July 2026