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
Fedlimid	-	Ancient Irish, Irish Mythology
Florin	flo-REEN	Romanian
Nels	-	Danish
Viktorija	-	Lithuanian, Latvian, Macedonian, Slovene, Croatian, Serbian
Wilmot	-	Medieval English
Lowe	[ləu]