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whale away

whale away verb: to whale on something in an ongoing manner (i.e., with progressive aspect).

Verb

whale away (third-person singular simple present whales away, present participle whaling away, simple past and past participle whaled away)

  1. (intransitive) To whale on something in an ongoing manner (i.e., with progressive aspect).
    • The kids had decided to whale away on some pumpkins with baseball bats; it held their interest for a little while.
  2. (archaic, intransitive) To talk or preach at length, often excitedly or vehemently; to go on.

Forms of whale away

third-person singular presentwhales away
present participlewhaling away
past participlewhaled away
pastwhaled away

Questions about whale away

What does whale away mean?
Whale away means to whale on something in an ongoing manner (i.e., with progressive aspect).
What part of speech is whale away?
Whale away is a verb.
What is the past tense of whale away?
The past tense of whale away is whaled away.

Words near whale away in the dictionary

  1. Whaker
  2. Whakers
  3. Whal
  4. Whalan
  5. whale
  6. whale away
  7. whale bacon
  8. whale barnacle
  9. whale barnacles
  10. Whale Beach
  11. whale catcher

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