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shipping
1[ship-ing]
noun
the act or business of a person or thing that ships.
a number of ships, especially merchant ships, taken as a whole; tonnage.
Obsolete., a voyage.
shipping
2[ship-ing]
noun
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.
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
Other Word Forms
- nonshipping adjective
Word History and Origins
Origin of shipping2
Example Sentences
The man told authorities he and his crew left at midnight to avoid complications with shipping lanes.
But operating a traditional biomass facility or shipping wood pellets to Europe wasn’t Arbor’s founding goal — albeit powering data centers in the American South wasn’t exactly either.
Japanese brewing giant Asahi has been hit by a cyber-attack that has caused a "systems failure" affecting the company's shipping and customer service operations.
"Doing this in the lead-up to the critical holiday retail shipping season is especially troubling," it said.
Much of the heroin landing on these islands is drawn off the shipping lanes that pass close to Assumption Island.
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When To Use
Shipping is the act of wanting two or more fictional characters or celebrities to end up in a relationship, usually romantic.
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