Idioms for ship
Origin of ship
1
before 900; (noun) Middle English; Old English
scip; cognate with Dutch
schip, German
Schiff, Old Norse, Gothic
skip; (v.) Middle English
s(c)hip(p)en, derivative of the noun
OTHER WORDS FROM ship
ship·less, adjective ship·less·ly, adverb mis·ship, verb, mis·shipped, mis·ship·ping. pre·ship, verb (used with object), pre·shipped, pre·ship·ping.Words nearby ship
shinny,
shinplaster,
shinto,
shinty,
shiny,
ship,
ship biscuit,
ship canal,
ship chandler,
ship decanter,
ship money
British Dictionary definitions for ship out (1 of 2)
ship out
verb
(adverb)
to depart or cause to depart by ship
we shipped out at dawn; they shipped out the new recruits
British Dictionary definitions for ship out (2 of 2)
ship
/ (ʃɪp) /
noun
verb ships, shipping or shipped
See also
ship out
Derived forms of ship
shippable, adjectiveWord Origin for ship
Old English
scip; related to Old Norse
skip, Old High German
skif ship,
scipfī cup
Idioms and Phrases with ship out (1 of 2)
ship out
Leave, especially for a distant place, as in The transport planes carried troops shipping out to the Mediterranean. Although this usage originally meant “depart by ship,” the expression is no longer limited to that mode of travel. [c. 1900]
Send, export, especially to a distant place, as in The factory shipped out many more orders last month. [Mid-1600s]
Quit a job or be fired; see shape up, def. 3.
Idioms and Phrases with ship out (2 of 2)
ship