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
AimÉEe-ME French
ClÁUdio-Portuguese
Horatius-Ancient Roman
CletoKLE-to (Italian, Spanish)Italian, Spanish, Portuguese
Rama (1)RAH-mah (Hinduism)Hinduism, Indian, Telugu, Tamil, Kannada, Malayalam
Mcgee[mə'gi]