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Alternative spellings
wail on

Verb
whale on

1. slang To strike an opponent heavily and repeatedly in a fight.
2. slang To beat heavily on anything.

#: The wrench wouldn’t budge, even though Tony was just whaling on it with a big old sledge hammer.

• 2006-10-21 04:40 - Hippietrail - syn to alt spelling

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