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
WouterVOW-tər, WOW-tərDutch
Arnau-Catalan
Vartan-Armenian
Parveen-Persian
XavierZAY-vee-ər (English), ZAY-vyər (English), ig-ZAY-vee-ər (English), za-VYE (French), sha-VYER (Portuguese)English, French, Portuguese, Catalan, Spanish (Archaic)
CelioCHE-lyo (Italian), THE-lyo (Spanish), SE-lyo (Latin American Spanish), SE-lyoo (Portuguese)Italian, Spanish, Portuguese