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shippiness

shippiness noun: the state or quality of being a ship or like a ship.

Noun

shippiness (uncountable)

  1. The state or quality of being a ship or like a ship.
    • Highly polished rosewood, ebony and brass; a main saloon with walls "pierced by rows of high, narrow, round-headed windows, outlined with rims of polished brass," gave the Bremen a marine look, a "shippiness" that ran directly counter to the cozy house-in-the-country look of British ships and the...1972, John Malcolm Brinnin, The Sway of the Grand Saloon: A Social History of the North Atlantic, page 454
    • The Fairways Trawler, however, reflects the same "shippiness" in her appearance and sports a wheelhouse which would not disgrace a real trawler.1978, Country Life, volume 164, page 312
  2. (slang) The state or quality of being shippy.
    • My first thought as a shipper, and even the list admin of the XF Romantics mailing list which is dedicated to shippers, is to crow about the "shippiness" in this episode.1997 February 11, KSJ, “Momento Spoilers”, in alt.tv.x-files (Usenet)
    • I don't believe "shippiness" either helps or hurts the X-Files ratings.1999 March 10, Michael P. Walsh, “Re: Arcadia ratings”, in alt.tv.x-files (Usenet)

Examples of shippiness in a sentence

  • She felt a surge of love for it, for its compact practicality, its orderly shippiness, its dutiful precision, its homely solid shelter against the storm.2003, Libby Purves, Casting Off, unnumbered page:
  • One could theorize that shippiness can 'ruin' an episode because it takes some people's focus away from the main story even if it doesn't alter the main story.2000 December 20, Jane, “Re: Doggoneit Be Gone”, in alt.tv.x-files (Usenet):

Origin of shippiness

From shippy + -ness.

Questions about shippiness

What does shippiness mean?
Shippiness means the state or quality of being a ship or like a ship.
How do you use shippiness in a sentence?
She felt a surge of love for it, for its compact practicality, its orderly shippiness, its dutiful precision, its homely solid shelter against the storm.
What part of speech is shippiness?
Shippiness is a noun.

Words near shippiness in the dictionary

  1. shippes
  2. Shippey
  3. shippier
  4. shippiest
  5. shippin'
  6. shippiness
  7. shipping
  8. shipping a sea
  9. shipping agent
  10. shipping agents
  11. shipping and handling

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