/ Dictionary / Index S shipping: Meaning and Definition of Find definitions for: ship•ping Pronunciation: (ship'ing), [key] — n. the act or business of a person or thing that ships. a number of ships, esp. merchant ships, taken as a whole; tonnage. a voyage. Random House Unabridged Dictionary, Copyright © 1997, by Random House, Inc., on Infoplease. See also: shipping (Thesaurus) shipper shipping articles Related Content Daily Word Quiz: portent Analogy of the Day: Today’s Analogy Spelling Bee: Today’s Spelling Bee Frequently Misspelled Words Frequently Mispronounced Words Easily Confused Words Writing & Language