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shipspeak

shipspeak noun: nautical jargon.

Noun

shipspeak (uncountable)

  1. nautical jargon

Origin of shipspeak

From ship + -speak.

Questions about shipspeak

What does shipspeak mean?
Shipspeak means nautical jargon.
What part of speech is shipspeak?
Shipspeak is a noun.

Words near shipspeak in the dictionary

  1. shipsheds
  2. shipside
  3. shipsides
  4. shipsmith
  5. shipsmiths
  6. shipspeak
  7. Shipston-on-Stour
  8. shipstuff
  9. shipt
  10. shiptime
  11. Shipton

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