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interjection

(as a command) put the ship about.

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Origin of about ship

First recorded in 1865–70

Words nearby about ship

Aboukir Bay, aboulia, abound, about, about face, about ship, about time, about to, about turn, above, above all

Other definitions for about ship (2 of 2)

about-ship

[ uh-bout-ship ]

/ əˌbaʊtˈʃɪp /

verb (used without object), a·bout-shipped, a·bout-ship·ping.

Nautical. to tack.

Origin of about-ship

First recorded in 1680–90

How to use about ship in a sentence

If the oft-talked-about college “hook-up culture” could be embodied by a place, it would be Shooters.
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After the captain made the call to abandon ship, 150 people were able to escape on lifeboats lowered by electronic arms.
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There was one bathroom on the ship, and there were no showers or beds.
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Two years into an Arctic expedition, they were forced to abandon ship a thousand miles north of Siberia.
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A wise man hateth not the commandments and justices, and he shall not be dashed in pieces as a ship in a storm.
The Bible, Douay-Rheims Version|Various
The president sat in a chair which came over with the pilgrims in their ship, the Mayflower.
Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine, Volume 60, No. 372, October 1846|Various
It was more like the boarding of a ship than any land fight I had ever seen or imagined.
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My orders ought to have been taken before a single unwounded Officer or man was ferried back aboard ship.
Gallipoli Diary, Volume I|Ian Hamilton
Fancy that enormous shell dropping suddenly out of the blue on to a ship's deck swarming with troops!
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British Dictionary definitions for about ship

about-ship

verb -ships, -shipping or -shipped

(intr) nautical to manoeuvre a vessel onto a new tack

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