Definition of WHITING

whiting

Plural: whiting, whitings

Noun

  • A marine food fish; also, a substance used for whitening.
  • flesh of a cod-like fish of the Atlantic waters of Europe
  • flesh of any of a number of slender food fishes especially of Atlantic coasts of North America
  • a small fish of the genus Sillago; excellent food fish
  • any of several food fishes of North American coastal waters
  • found off Atlantic coast of North America
  • a food fish of the Atlantic waters of Europe resembling the cod; sometimes placed in genus Gadus
  • A fine white chalk used in paints, putty, whitewash etc.
  • A fish, Merlangius merlangus (family Gadidae), similar to cod, found in the North Atlantic; English whiting (US).
  • Any fish of many species that resemble Merlangius merlangus:
  • in family Gadidae:
  • Any of several marine fish found in North American coastal waters, including hakes (genus Merluccius), especially Merluccius bilinearis (silver hake).
  • Any fish of many species that resemble Merlangius merlangus:
  • in family Gadidae:
  • Alaska pollock (Gadus chalcogrammus, syn. Theragra chalcogramma).
  • Any fish of many species that resemble Merlangius merlangus:
  • in family Gadidae:
  • A blue whiting (Micromesistius poutassou), a marine fish of the Northern Hemisphere.
  • Any fish of many species that resemble Merlangius merlangus:
  • in family Gadidae:
  • A southern blue whiting (Micromesistius australis), a marine fish of the Southern Hemisphere.
  • Any fish of many species that resemble Merlangius merlangus:
  • in family Sillaginidae, smelt-whitings, inhabiting Indo-Pacific marine coasts, many species of which are commercially important whitefish.
  • Any fish of many species that resemble Merlangius merlangus:
  • in family Sciaenidae, Menticirrhus americanus (Carolina whiting, king whiting, southern kingcroaker, and southern kingfish) found along the Atlantic and Gulf Coasts of the United States.

Verb

  • turn white
  • present participle and gerund of white

Examples

  • He found a lucky spot for WHITING, extending his word and catching extra points.

Origin / Etymology

From white + -ing.

Synonyms

Gadus merlangus, Merlangus merlangus, Merluccius bilinearis, silver hake, white, whiten, whitening

Antonyms

blacken

Scrabble Score: 14

whiting: valid Scrabble (US) TWL Word
whiting: valid Scrabble Word in Merriam-Webster MW Dictionary
whiting: valid Scrabble Word in International Collins CSW Dictionary

Words With Friends Score: 15

whiting: valid Words With Friends Word