Associations to the word «Nantucket»
Noun
- Whaling
- Whaler
- Vineyard
- Cod
- Shoal
- Martha
- Poe
- Whale
- Macy
- Bedford
- Massachusetts
- Nectar
- Pollard
- Steamship
- Coffin
- Sperm
- Melville
- Brant
- Narrative
- Whales
- Essex
- Cape
- Clipper
- Edgar
- Bourne
- Douglass
- Cask
- Steamboat
- Allan
- Harbor
- Plymouth
- Verne
- Woods
- Gust
- Yarmouth
- Stirling
- Rhode
- Shipwreck
- Elsie
- Gordon
- Fishery
- Winslow
- Alba
- Quaker
- Ferry
- Island
- Becky
- Aquarium
- Sandwich
- Graveyard
- Lowell
- Herman
- Liner
- Voyage
- Azores
- Chatham
- Beacon
- Buoy
- Jared
- Islander
- Dartmouth
- Hy
- Lighthouse
- Memorial
- Mitchell
- Cyrus
- Vacation
- Egan
- Mainland
- Steamer
- Arthur
- Bluff
- Unitarian
- Fog
- Chase
- Newport
- Ocean
- Maine
- Mutiny
- Survivor
- Sound
- Observatory
- Sinking
- Sweater
- Limerick
Wiktionary
NANTUCKET, proper noun. A resort island south of Cape Cod, Massachusetts, in the United States, formerly a major whaling port.
NANTUCKET SLEIGH RIDE, noun. (idiomatic) An obsolete and dangerous method of whale hunting in which a small boat manned by rowers and a harpooner, or a series of small boats tied together, would be attached to a whale by means of a harpoon and would then be towed by the creature at high speed across the water's surface, until the whale eventually became exhausted.
NANTUCKET SLEIGH RIDE, noun. (idiomatic) (by extension) A similar scenario involving a large fish.
NANTUCKET SLEIGH-RIDE, noun. Alternative form of Nantucket sleigh ride
NANTUCKET SLEIGHRIDE, noun. Alternative form of Nantucket sleigh ride
Dictionary definition
NANTUCKET, noun. An island resort off Cape Cod; formerly a center of the whaling industry.
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