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whaling

noun
/ˈweɪlɪŋ/

Definitions

  1. The practice of hunting whales.

  2. The practice of spotting whales.

  3. A beating.

  4. ›+ 2 more definitions

    1. A form of highly personalized cyberattack that targets a senior business executive.

      • Whaling attacks typically take specific responsibilities of these executive roles into consideration, using focused messaging to trick the victim.

    2. present participle and gerund of whale

The neighborhood

Derived

Murrumbidgee whaling, whaling station

Vish — recursive loop

No curated loop yet for whaling. Loops are being traced one word at a time while the ingestion pipeline matures.

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