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ship

slang To support a romantic pairing of certain fictional characters, as in a TV show or movie. It is likely a shortened form of the word "relationship." Be honest—who do you ship on Game of Thrones?

See:

• a sinking ship
• abandon ship
• be like ships in the night
• be like ships that pass in the night
• desert a sinking ship
• do not spoil the ship for a ha'porth of tar
• don't give up the ship
• dress ship
• enough to sink a ship
• jump ship
• like rats abandoning a sinking ship
• like rats deserting a sinking ship
• like rats from a sinking ship
• Loose lips sink ships
• One hand for oneself and one for the ship
• pump ship
• Rats abandon a sinking ship
• run a tight ship
• shape up
• Shape up or ship out
• ship
• ship of state
• ship off
• ship off to
• ship out
• ships in the night
• ships that pass in the night
• sinking ship
• spoil the ship for a hap'orth of tar
• steady the ship
• tight ship
• when (one's) ship comes home
• when one's ship comes in
• when ship comes in