whale on

1. To strike or hit someone or something repeatedly and forcefully; thrash someone or something: The street gangs whaled on each other until someone called the police.

2. To criticize someone vehemently: Our boss whaled on all of us for missing the deadline.

whale on

mod. excellent. (Possibly confused with or in error for wailing.) We had a whale on time at Bob’s house.

Common Names:

Name	Pronounced	Usage
Ryan	['raiən]
Tea	TE-ah (Finnish)	Croatian, Slovene, Swedish, Danish, Norwegian, Finnish
Gayla	GAY-lə	English
Keanna	-	English (Modern)
Domonkos	-	Hungarian
Thad	[θæd]