whaling

• IPA^(key): /ˈweɪlɪŋ/

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• Homophones: wailing, waling
• Rhymes: -eɪlɪŋ

whaling (countable and uncountable, plural whalings)

1. The practice of hunting whales.
2. The practice of spotting whales.
3. (informal) A beating.
4. (computing) A form of highly personalized cyberattack that targets a senior business executive.
   • 2017, Prithviraj Gohel, Cyber Attacks: are we really secure?:

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

• (spotting of whales): whale watching

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whaling

1. present participle and gerund of whale