Nantucket sleigh ride



Nantucket sleigh ride

An instance of a whaling ship that has hooked a whale and thus is being pulled by it. We're going on a Nantucket sleigh ride today, boys—I can feel it! There's a whale out there just waiting for our harpoons!
See also: ride

Common Names:

NameGenderPronouncedUsage
Do-Yundo-yoonKorean
Lucius['lu:sjəs]
Bieitobee-AY-tawGalician
Donar-Germanic Mythology
Henye-Yiddish
NilesNIELZ, NIE-əlzEnglish