Shipping

Pronunciation

• Rhymes: -ɪpɪŋ

From Middle English schipping, schyppynge, from Middle English schippen, schipen ("to take ship, navigate"), from Old English scipian ("to take ship; put in order, equip, man a ship"), equivalent to ship + -ing.

Full definition of shipping

Noun

1. The transportation of goods.
• 2013-06-08, The new masters and commanders, From the ground, Colombo’s port does not look like much....  But viewed from high up in one of the growing number of skyscrapers in Sri Lanka’s capital, it is clear that something extraordinary is happening: China is creating a shipping hub just 200 miles from India’s southern tip.
2. The body of ships belonging to one nation, port or industry.
3. Passage or transport on a ship.
4. The cost of sending an item or package via postal services.
5. Navigation.
• ShakespeareGod send 'em good shipping.

Derived terms

• shipping lane

From ship + -ing.

Verb

1. Present participle of ship