shipping
Meanings
noun
- The transportation of goods.
- The body of ships belonging to one nation, port or industry; ships collectively.
- Passage or transport on a ship.
- The cost of sending an item or package using postal or carrier services.
- Navigation.
verb
- present participle and gerund of ship
noun
- The desire by followers of a fandom for two or more people, either real-life people or fictional characters, to be in a romantic or sexual relationship.
Pronunciation
Word forms
Etymology
From Middle English schipping, schyppynge, from schippen, schipen (“to take ship, navigate”), from Old English scipian (“to take ship; put in order, equip, man a ship”), equivalent to ship + -ing.
Derived words
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