whale away

Attack physically or verbally, as in Our boys whaled away at the enemy, or The talk-show host whaled away at the hostile critics. The word whale here does not allude to the ocean mammal, but means "flog" or "thrash." [Mid-1800s]

Common Names:

Name	Pronounced	Usage
Murali	-	Hinduism, Tamil, Indian, Kannada, Telugu, Malayalam, Hindi
Melicent	-	English (Archaic)
Noela	-	Galician
Eva	E-vah (Spanish, Italian, Danish), EE-və (English), E-fah (German), AY-vah (Dutch)	Spanish, Italian, Portuguese, English, Czech, Slovak, German, Dutch, Swedish, Norwegian, Danish, Ice
Jahzeel	-	Biblical
Vico	VEE-ko	Italian