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
Ffransis-Welsh
StaasSTAH:SDutch
Galena-Bulgarian, Macedonian
Maia (3)-Basque
Matty (2)-Medieval English
Rajiv-Indian, Hindi, Marathi, Malayalam, Tamil, Nepali