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
Hyrum	HIE-rəm	English (Rare)
ZoltÁN	ZOL-tahn	Hungarian
Ajax	AY-jaks (English)	Greek Mythology (Latinized)
Kwesi	-	Western African, Akan
Gualtiero	-	Italian
Emilija	EM-ee-lee-yah (Serbian, Croatian)	Lithuanian, Slovene, Serbian, Croatian, Macedonian