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
Shimshon-Hebrew, Biblical Hebrew
GlÁUcio-Portuguese
Alviseahl-VEE-zeItalian
Lauritz-Danish, Norwegian
Small[smɔ:l]
HelmutHEL-moot (German)German, Ancient Germanic