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shippier

shippier is the comparative form of shippy.

Meaning of shippy

Adjective

shippy (comparative shippier, superlative shippiest)

  1. Related to or characteristic of a ship (vessel).
    • Well, we have been here since Mid-June, beside a reefy and shippy shore, with sails by day and lamps by night, all over the water, and a sunrise and sunset gun from an obsolete fort across the harbor.1899, William Dean Howells, quoted in Michael Anesko, Letters, Fictions, Lives: Henry James and William Dean Howells (1997), page 349
  2. (slang) Related to, characteristic of, or supporting a romantic relationship (ship) between characters.
    • Anyway, the shippy moment comes when Scully (who's noticeably pregnant) and Mulder are talking on the park bench.1997 November 27, Hieu G. Nguyen, “Shippiest moments on XF”, in alt.tv.x-files (Usenet)

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Questions about shippier

What is shippier the comparative form of?
Shippier is the comparative form of shippy.

Words near shippier in the dictionary

  1. shipperhood
  2. shippers
  3. shippery
  4. shippes
  5. Shippey
  6. shippier
  7. shippiest
  8. shippin'
  9. shippiness
  10. shipping
  11. shipping a sea

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Adapted from Wiktionary: shippier (page history and authors); shippy (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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