shipping

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[ ship-ing ]
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noun
  1. the act or business of a person or thing that ships.

  2. a number of ships, especially merchant ships, taken as a whole; tonnage.

  1. Obsolete. a voyage.

Origin of shipping

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Middle English word dating back to 1250–1300; see origin at ship1, -ing1

Other words from shipping

  • non·ship·ping, adjective

Words Nearby shipping

Other definitions for shipping (2 of 2)

shipping2
[ ship-ing ]

nounSlang.
  1. the act or practice of discussing, writing about, or hoping for a romantic relationship between fictional characters, as in fan fiction, or between famous people, whether or not the romance actually exists in the book, show, etc., or in real life:the shipping of TV characters;shipping in webcomics.

Origin of shipping

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First recorded in 1990–95; (relation)ship + -ing1

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How to use shipping in a sentence

British Dictionary definitions for shipping

shipping

/ (ˈʃɪpɪŋ) /


noun
    • the business of transporting freight, esp by ship

    • (as modifier): a shipping magnate; shipping line

    • ships collectively: there is a lot of shipping in the Channel

    • the tonnage of a number of ships: shipping for this year exceeded that of last

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