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whalesque

whalesque adjective: resembling or characteristic of whales, especially overweight or obese.

Adjective

whalesque (comparative more whalesque, superlative most whalesque)

  1. (rare) Resembling or characteristic of whales, especially overweight or obese.
    • “Queer boy” Hyder and his whalesque flatmate Mike “there’s a hole in my loo” Seare made a brisk start […] Seare didn’t last long being bowled as chance would have it by a man with a similar waist measurement as the “Fat boy”.1985, “Sport”, in Guy's Hospital Gazette, volume 99, page 360
    • Yes, anyone with remote claustrophobic tendencies will freak out, but you _could_ roll on your side, and thus accomodate two non-whalesque coitus partners.2000 October 21, JFW, “The MRI room revisited...”, in alt.tasteless (Usenet)

Examples of whalesque in a sentence

  • However in my current whalesque body structure I prefer a clothed beach like Narragansett.2001 July 25, KMTHALER, “Daddy pushed Mommy”, in alt.sports.football.pro.ne-patriots (Usenet):
  • […] one would expect them to be able to immediately respond to a whalesque clarinet sound as well.2008, David Rothenberg, Thousand Mile Song: Whale Music in a Sea of Sound, New York, NY: Basic Books, A Member of the Perseus Books Group...

Forms of whalesque

comparativemore whalesque
superlativemost whalesque

Origin of whalesque

From whale + -esque.

Questions about whalesque

What does whalesque mean?
Whalesque means resembling or characteristic of whales, especially overweight or obese.
How do you use whalesque in a sentence?
However in my current whalesque body structure I prefer a clothed beach like Narragansett.
What part of speech is whalesque?
Whalesque is an adjective.

Words near whalesque in the dictionary

  1. whalesona
  2. whalesonas
  3. whalesong
  4. whalesongs
  5. whalespeak
  6. whalesque
  7. whalesucker
  8. whalesuckers
  9. whalewatcher
  10. whalewatchers
  11. whalewatching

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