shipping

English Online Dictionary. What means shipping‎? What does shipping mean?

English

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈʃɪpɪŋ/
• Rhymes: -ɪpɪŋ

Etymology 1

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.

Noun

shipping (countable and uncountable, plural shippings)

2. The transportation of goods.

   Coordinate terms: carriage, haulage
4. The body of ships belonging to one nation, port or industry; ships collectively.

   Coordinate terms: fleet, navy
6. Passage or transport on a ship.

   Coordinate term: voyage

8. The cost of sending an item or package using postal or carrier services.

   Coordinate term: postage

10. Navigation.
12. (fandom slang) (by shortening of the word "relationship") 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.

Derived terms

Translations

Etymology 2

From ship +‎ -ing.

Verb

shipping

1. present participle and gerund of ship