shipping Syllabification: (ship·ping)Pronunciation: /ˈSHipiNG/Translate shipping | into French | into German | into Italian | into Spanish Definition of shipping noun ships considered collectively, especially those in a particular area or belonging to a particular country:the volume of shipping using these ports the transport of goods by sea or some other means. a charge imposed by a retail company to send merchandise to a customer:statues were available at $20 plus $4 for shipping and handlingshipping in other Oxford dictionaries Definition of shipping in the British & World English dictionary