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whaling

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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.

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whaling

  1. present participle and gerund of whale