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[hweyl, weyl] 
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| Main Entry: |
whale
[hweyl, weyl]
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| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | cetacean mammal |
| Synonyms: | baleen, beluga, ceta, cetacean, cete, finback, grampus, mammal, narwhal, orc, orca, porpoise, rorqual, sei, whopper |
| Main Entry: | flail |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | beat, strike |
| Synonyms: | bash, batter, club, flog, hit, knock, lash, maltreat, pummel, slug, smack, smash, sock, thrash, thwack, whale |
| Main Entry: | flog |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | whip, lash |
| Synonyms: | beat, belt, cane, castigate, chastise, ferule, flagellate, flax, flay, give the cat o'nine tails, hide, hit, larrup, lather, leather, paddle, scourge, spank, strike, stripe, tan one's hide, thrash, trounce, wax, whack, whale, whomp, whop |
| Main Entry: | giant |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | extremely large person |
| Synonyms: | Hercules, behemoth, bulk, cetacean, colossus, cyclops, elephant, goliath, hulk, jumbo, leviathan, mammoth, monster*, mountain*, ogre, polypheme, titan, whale, whopper |
| Antonyms: | dwarf, midget, runt |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | lash |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | beat, whip |
| Synonyms: | baste, batter, buffet, chastise, dash, drum, flagellate, flay, flog, hammer, hide, hit, horsewhip, knock, lam, lather, pound, pummel, scourge, smack, strap, strike, thrash, wear out, whale |
| Main Entry: | monster |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | giant animal; supernatural being |
| Synonyms: | Frankenstein, abnormality, barbarian, beast, behemoth, brute, centaur, colossus, demon, devil, dragon, fiend, freak, giant, hellion, horror, leviathan, lusus naturae, mammoth, miscreation, monstrosity, mutant, ogre, phoenix, savage, titan, villain, werewolf, whale |
| Main Entry: | pummel |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | beat, pommel |
| Synonyms: | bash, batter, belt, clout, club, crush, cudgel, flog, hammer, hit, knock, lash, let one have it, lick, mash, maul, pelt, pound, punch, ram, slug, smack, strike, swat, thrash, trounce, wallop, whale, wham, whip |
| Main Entry: | scourge |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | beat, punish, often physically |
| Synonyms: | afflict, belt, cane, castigate, chastise, curse, discipline, excoriate, flail, flog, harass, hit, horsewhip, lambaste*, lash, penalize, plague, scathe, scorch*, tan*, terrorize, thrash, torment, trounce, wallop, whale, whip |
| Antonyms: | guard, protect |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | slug |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | hit |
| Synonyms: | KO, bang, bash, bat, batter, beat, belt, box*, bump, clobber, clock, clout, club, crack, flail, flog, hammer*, jab, knock, lambaste, let have it, nail, pelt, pop, pound, punch, slam, slap, smack, sock, swat, thrash, thwack, wallop, whack, whale |
* = informal/non-formal usage
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