Definition of whiting Whiting

/wajˈtɪŋ/ - [wayting] - whit•ing

We found 17 definitions of whiting from 5 different sources.

What does whiting mean?

WordNet

Noun Plural: whitings
whiting - any of several food fishes of North American coastal waters
		sciaenid, sciaenid fish widely distributed family of carnivorous percoid fishes having a large air bladder used to produce sound
		genus menticirrhus, menticirrhus kingfishes; whiting
		kingfish large game fish of Australia and New Zealand
		king whiting, menticirrhus americanus whiting of the southeastern coast of North America
		menticirrhus saxatilis, northern whiting whiting of the east coast of United States; closely resembles king whiting
		corbina, menticirrhus undulatus bluish-grey whiting of California coast
		menticirrhus littoralis, silver whiting a dull silvery whiting of southern Atlantic and Gulf Coasts of the United States
whiting - a food fish of the Atlantic waters of Europe resembling the cod; sometimes placed in genus Gadus
		Merlangus merlangus, Gadus merlangus
		gadoid, gadoid fish a soft-finned fish of the family Gadidae
		genus merlangus, merlangus whitings
whiting - flesh of any of a number of slender food fishes especially of Atlantic coasts of North America
		saltwater fish flesh of fish from the sea used as food
		whiting a food fish of the Atlantic waters of Europe resembling the cod; sometimes placed in genus Gadus
whiting - a small fish of the genus Sillago; excellent food fish
		percoid, percoid fish, percoidean any of numerous spiny-finned fishes of the order Perciformes
whiting - flesh of a cod-like fish of the Atlantic waters of Europe
		saltwater fish flesh of fish from the sea used as food
whiting - found off Atlantic coast of North America
		silver hake, Merluccius bilinearis
		hake any of several marine food fishes related to cod

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Wiktionary

whiting (Noun)
A fine white chalk used in paints, putty, whitewash etc.
whiting (Noun)
In full whiting tree. see variant whitten.
whiting (Noun)
A fish, , similar to cod, found in the North Atlantic.
whiting (Noun)
Any of several marine fish found in North American coastal waters, including the silver hake .

Webster DictionaryWebster's Unabridged Dictionary 📘

whiting (p. pr. & vb. n.)
of White
whiting (n.)
A common European food fish (Melangus vulgaris) of the Codfish family; -- called also fittin.
whiting (n.)
A North American fish (Merlucius vulgaris) allied to the preceding; -- called also silver hake.
whiting (n.)
Any one of several species of North American marine sciaenoid food fishes belonging to genus Menticirrhus, especially M. Americanus, found from Maryland to Brazil, and M. littoralis, common from Virginia to Texas; -- called also silver whiting, and surf whiting.
whiting (n.)
Chalk prepared in an impalpable powder by pulverizing and repeated washing, used as a pigment, as an ingredient in putty, for cleaning silver, etc.