whelming

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noun

Something that covers or submerges.

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Meanings

verb
  1. gerundparticiplepresentpresent participle and gerund of whelm
nounwhelming (plural whelmings)

plural whelmings

  1. Something that covers or submerges.

    But as the last whelmings intermixingly poured themselves over the sunken head of the Indian at the mainmast, leaving a few inches of the erect spar yet visible, together with long streaming yards of the flag, […]

    1851 November 14, Herman Melville, Moby-Dick; or, The Whale, 1st American edition, New York, N.Y.: Harper & Brothers; London: Richard Bentley, →OCLC
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APA

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MLA

“whelming.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/whelming. Accessed November 2, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “whelming,” accessed November 2, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/whelming.

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