Moby Dickn.

Brit.

/ˌməʊbɪ ˈdɪk/, U.S.

/ˌmoʊbi ˈdɪk/

Origin: From a proper name. Etymon: proper name Moby Dick.

Etymology: < Moby Dick, the name of the whale in Herman Melville's 1851 novel of the same name.

Something likened to Moby Dick (the great white whale central to Herman Melville's novel), esp. in being very large, important, or impressive.In quot. 1986 used humorously in place of whale (see whale n. 5c).

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the world > space > extension in space > measurable spatial extent > largeness > [noun] > an exceptionally large thing of its kind

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a1974 A. Sexton 45 Mercy Street (1977) 62 A man, a Moby Dick of a man, a swimmer going up and down in his brain.

1986 J. Wilson Amber ii. 27 I shall eat cream cakes and meet lots of lovely new men and get asked to all sorts of exciting new clubs and have a Moby Dick of a time.

1990 Economist 24 Mar. 111/3 Minnows who want to become corporate Moby Dicks might take a leaf out of Compaq's book.

1994 Sunday Mail (Brisbane) 26 June 30/2 Where is Moby Dick? Whale watchers will be out in force next weekend.

2000 Scotsman 24 June 16/7 Airbus..[announced] the construction of..the world's biggest passenger plane... Who..thought we would now welcome the news that in 2004 the minnows of the sky would be joined by Moby Dick?

This is a new entry (OED Third Edition, September 2002; most recently modified version published online March 2022).

单词	moby dick
释义	Moby Dickn. Brit. /ˌməʊbɪ ˈdɪk/, U.S. /ˌmoʊbi ˈdɪk/ Origin: From a proper name. Etymon: proper name Moby Dick. Etymology: < Moby Dick, the name of the whale in Herman Melville's 1851 novel of the same name. Something likened to Moby Dick (the great white whale central to Herman Melville's novel), esp. in being very large, important, or impressive.In quot. 1986 used humorously in place of whale (see whale n. 5c). ΘΚΠ the world > space > extension in space > measurable spatial extent > largeness > [noun] > an exceptionally large thing of its kind swinger1599 rapper1653 thumper1660 whisker1668 spanker1751 slapper1781 whopper1785 skelper1790 smasher1794 pelter1811 swapper1818 jumbo1823 sneezer1823 whacker1825 whanger1825 infant1832 bulger1835 three-decker1835 bouncer1842 snorter1859 whalera1860 plonker1862 bruiser1868 snapper1874 plumper1881 boomer1885 heavy1897 sollicker1898 sanakatowzer1903 Moby Dicka1974 stonker1987 the world > space > extension in space > measurable spatial extent > largeness > [noun] > largeness of volume or bulkiness > and impressiveness > that which is goldarned1857 super-jumbo1923 biggie1945 Moby Dicka1974 a1974 A. Sexton 45 Mercy Street (1977) 62 A man, a Moby Dick of a man, a swimmer going up and down in his brain. 1986 J. Wilson Amber ii. 27 I shall eat cream cakes and meet lots of lovely new men and get asked to all sorts of exciting new clubs and have a Moby Dick of a time. 1990 Economist 24 Mar. 111/3 Minnows who want to become corporate Moby Dicks might take a leaf out of Compaq's book. 1994 Sunday Mail (Brisbane) 26 June 30/2 Where is Moby Dick? Whale watchers will be out in force next weekend. 2000 Scotsman 24 June 16/7 Airbus..[announced] the construction of..the world's biggest passenger plane... Who..thought we would now welcome the news that in 2004 the minnows of the sky would be joined by Moby Dick? This is a new entry (OED Third Edition, September 2002; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < n.a1974
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