: to wishfully regard (specific people or fictional characters) as being or having the potential to become romantically involved with one another
Naturally, their followers gushed … and started shipping them all over again. "Please be back together," one user commented … Alyssa Morin
The Office's on-and-off pairing remained so tantalizingly close after the series wrapped in 2013 that even [Mindy] Kaling gets why people are still shipping them. Sarah Grossbart
Sean Astin, who portrayed Bob Newby, the love interest of Ryder's character, Joyce Byers, in season 2, told Us Weekly exclusively earlier this month that he hopes Jim and Joyce will end up together. "I've shipped them since the beginning," the 49-year-old declared. Samantha Leffler
One close friendship does develop between two girls, and while fans of other Dreamworks shows like She-Ra and the Princesses of Power may start shipping them, budding romance at this point is only wishful thinking. Alana Joli Abbott
How does one even begin to write about Anne and Diana? … Megan Followes herself ships them. Danny M. Lavery
Noun the captain of the ship He will travel by ship. Verb (1) The goods were shipped from a foreign port. Your order is expected to ship soon. The company will ship its new software next month. The software will ship next month. The soldiers were shipped overseas for duty. When the waves increased, the boat began shipping water. See More
Recent Examples on the Web
Noun
On July 12, 2020, a fire started on the amphibious assault ship as it was moored at Naval Base San Diego and raged for more than four days. Megan Rose, ProPublica, 12 Sep. 2022 The racing office … the ship-and-win program to attract entries from outside the area was up 19 percent.San Diego Union-Tribune, 11 Sep. 2022 Disney's sixth cruise ship will be named Disney Treasure. Eve Chen, USA TODAY, 11 Sep. 2022 The maritime college hired Mr. Hazelwood as a teacher aboard the training ship Empire State V a year after the Exxon Valdez spill. Richard Goldstein, BostonGlobe.com, 9 Sep. 2022 This dry yeast is also great for preserving the apple flavor but is a little easier to store and ship. Justin Pot, WSJ, 7 Sep. 2022 The standard iPhone 14 will cost $799 and ship on Sept. 16, with the Plus version coming in at $899 on Oct. 7. Mark Gurman, Fortune, 7 Sep. 2022 The new AirPods Pro will be available to order on September 9 for $249 and ship on September 23. Samuel Axon And Corey Gaskin, Ars Technica, 7 Sep. 2022 Officials received spa treatments, top-shelf alcohol, designer handbags, leather goods, designer furniture, watches, fountain pens, ornamental swords and handmade ship models, according to court documents. Mary Walsh, CBS News, 7 Sep. 2022
Verb
Paragonix has begun providing surgical teams who can remove donor organs, pack them up in her company’s containers, and ship them to transplant hospitals. Hiawatha Bray, BostonGlobe.com, 11 Sep. 2022 Or his company could produce hydrogen at Overland Trail Ranch and ship it by rail.Los Angeles Times, 23 Aug. 2022 The Arizona State Land Department gave a sweet deal to a Saudi Arabian company called Fondomonte to farm areas in Butler Valley near Bouse, growing alfalfa to ship it back to the Middle East to feed its cows. From Usa Today Network And Wire Reports, USA TODAY, 18 Aug. 2022 The plane was stored with the intent to ship it later. David Reamer, Anchorage Daily News, 14 Aug. 2022 Notably, one linchpin of the bill’s climate provisions is a set of incentives to substantially expand technologies that capture carbon dioxide and either store it underground or ship it for reuse. Wil Burns, The Conversation, 12 Aug. 2022 The battle is especially intense in Iowa, where three huge projects aim to collect CO2 from more than 30 of the state’s 42 ethanol plants and ship it to underground rock formations in North Dakota and Illinois. Joe Barrett, WSJ, 6 Aug. 2022 The cartels then package the fentanyl into other drugs like Xanax and Adderrall, and ship them to the U.S. to be sold on the black market. Bradford Betz, Fox News, 5 Aug. 2022 As Rodgers was unable to pick it up herself, and there wasn’t enough time to ship it, Rodgers’s makeup artist brought the bikini to Naples with her from Milan. Liana Satenstein, Vogue, 28 July 2022 See More
Word History
Etymology
Noun
Middle English, from Old English scip; akin to Old High German skif ship
Verb (2)
verbal derivative of ship "romantic pairing of a fictional couple," shortened from relationship
Noun suffix
Middle English, from Old English -scipe; akin to Old High German -scaft -ship, Old English scieppan to shape — more at shape
First Known Use
Noun
before the 12th century, in the meaning defined at sense 1a