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antishipping

antishipping adjective: countering shipping. Also the present participle and gerund of antiship.

Adjective

antishipping (not comparable)

  1. Countering shipping.
    • […] and passed an antishipping liquor law which prohibits the carrying or shipping of liquors for beverage purposes […]1927, Ernest Hurst Cherrington, The Anti-saloon League Year Book, page 99
    • The Luftwaffe also conducted antishipping offensive operations, which ranged over vast areas, from France to far out over the Atlantic in great operational arcs emanating from Germany and Norway.2012, Walter J. Boyne, Clash of Wings: World War II in the Air
  2. (slang) The activities of antishippers.

Also used as

antishipping is also the present participle and gerund of antiship.

Forms of antishipping

alternative formanti-shipping

Origin of antishipping

From anti- + shipping.

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Questions about antishipping

What does antishipping mean?
Antishipping means countering shipping.
What part of speech is antishipping?
Antishipping is an adjective.

Words near antishipping in the dictionary

  1. antiship
  2. antiship missile
  3. antiship missiles
  4. antishipper
  5. antishippers
  6. antishipping
  7. antishock
  8. antishocks
  9. antishoplifting
  10. antishopping
  11. antishort

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