<p><strong>Noun</strong></p><ul><li>any of the larger marine mammals of the order Cetacea, especially as distinguished from the smaller dolphins and porpoises, having a fishlike body, forelimbs modified into flippers, and a head that is horizontally flattened.</li><li>something big, great, or fine of its kind: I had a whale of a time in Europe.</li><li>an investor who holds a large amount of cryptocurrency and is therefore able to create noticeable effects on the market, as by influencing prices through large transactions or by reducing the amount of available cryptocurrency through failure to move their holdings.</li><li>the constellation Cetus.</li></ul><p><strong>Verb</strong></p><ul><li>to engage in whaling or whale fishing.</li><li>to phish by posing as a company’s attorney, CEO, vendor, or other authorized entity in order to scam a payroll department, corporate executive, etc., out of money or confidential information.</li><li>to make (a company’s employee or department) a phishing victim by posing as an entity authorized to procure money or confidential information from the company.</li></ul>