about ship
/əˌbaʊt ˈʃɪp/
Word Rarity
Uncommon
Frequency: 4.92 in modern English
16
Scrabble Score
9
Letters
2
Syllables
9
Unique Chars
Meaning
Example Sentences
- "The ships fired grape shot but to no effect. They about ship and went to sea."
- "This Amanda refused and was about shipping to the other side, when the gentleman sprang out, clasped her in his arms, lifted her in, whistled to his horse and the next moment was flying about like mad …"
- "The captain saw that no further progress could be made with safety, so he about ship, and ran for Newcastle."
- ""Jones fired first and broke its leg, so he charged; Noland hit him in the back, so he about ship and wanted to make mince meat of him for his trouble; when the Doctor sent a shot through his shoulder, and he sprawled," coolly replied the boatswain's mate, as he was cutting the animal's throat, to the numerous inquiries."
- "We are told repeatedly that the King advised, restrained, coerced, conceded; that he alone saw the end from the beginning, and that in his hand only the helm of the State "about-shipped" or stood still at the right moment."
- "They stood for the land, and as they could not fetch in before dark, they about ship, and lay "a hull, all that night," finding abundance of fish, "very large and great" [...]"
Etymology
Regional Pronunciation
- American English: /əˌbaʊt ˈʃɪp/