whiting

¹ American  

[hwahy-ting, wahy-] / ˈʰwaɪ tɪŋ, ˈwaɪ- /

noun

• whiting,
  plural
• whitings
  plural

1. a slender food fish of the genus Menticirrhus, of the croaker family, inhabiting waters along the Atlantic coast of North America.

2. the hake, Merluccius bilinearis.

3. any of several European fishes of the cod family, especially Merlangus merlangus.

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whiting ² American  

[hwahy-ting, wahy-] / ˈʰwaɪ tɪŋ, ˈwaɪ- /

noun

1. pure-white chalk (calcium carbonate) that has been ground and washed, used in making putty, whitewash, silver polish, etc.

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whiting ¹ British  

/ ˈwaɪtɪŋ /

noun

1. an important gadoid food fish, Merlangius (or Gadus ) merlangus, of European seas, having a dark back with silvery sides and underparts

2. any of various similar fishes, such as Merluccius bilinearis, a hake of American Atlantic waters, and any of several Atlantic sciaenid fishes of the genus Menticirrhus

3. any of several marine food fishes of the genus Sillago

4. another name for bib

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whiting ² British  

/ ˈwaɪtɪŋ /

noun

1. Also called: whitening. white chalk that has been ground and washed, used in making whitewash, metal polish, etc

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Other Word Forms

Noun Inflected Forms

• whiting
  plural
• whitings
  plural

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Etymology

Origin of whiting¹

First recorded in 1400–50; late Middle English, perhaps alteration of Old English hwītling a kind of fish; compare Middle Dutch witinc, of which the English may be a translation

Origin of whiting²

1400–50; late Middle English; compare Old English hwīting-, in hwītingmelu; see meal ². See white, -ing ¹

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Example Sentences

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whiting whitings

The wild fish studied included Pacific and Peruvian anchoveta, and Atlantic herring, mackerel, sprat and blue whiting -- which are all marketed and consumed as seafood.

From Science Daily ● Mar. 20, 2024

The species that are most frequently parasitised include salmon, tuna, squid, cod, hake, mackerel, mackerel, horse mackerel, blue whiting, sardines and anchovies.

From Salon ● Apr. 18, 2023

The fried whiting has my name on it.

From Washington Post ● Aug. 12, 2022

They visited the Penguins' Rock enclosure - which is home to gentoo, rockhopper and king penguins - and fed the residents with blue whiting from a bucket.

From BBC ● Jun. 3, 2022

"A pity it did not fall a bit to the left. You'd have saved me the trouble of whiting my face for today's performance."

From "The Shakespeare Stealer" by Gary L. Blackwood

Photographs of shrimp boats and fishermen with their splendid catches of blues and whitings lined the walls from top to bottom.

From "The Great Santini" by Pat Conroy

Carp, tench, perch, eels, lampreys, crayfish, cod, soles, flounders, plaice, turbot, skate, thornback, sturgeon, smelts, whitings, crabs, lobsters, prawns, oysters.—Vegetables.

From The Cook and Housekeeper's Complete and Universal Dictionary; Including a System of Modern Cookery, in all Its Various Branches, Adapted to the Use of Private Families by Mary Eaton

The master of the establishment was superintending a frying-pan full of whitings.

From Chicot the Jester by Alexandre Dumas père

She caught two big dabs, four whitings, a small plaice, and a fine fat sole.

From The Beth Book Being a Study of the Life of Elizabeth Caldwell Maclure, a Woman of Genius by Sarah Grand

I went to captain whitings and nothing remarkable hapned. the 12.

From The Military Journals of Two Private Soldiers, 1758-1775 With Numerous Illustrative Notes by Abraham Tomlinson

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