when a no life redditor draws two characters into a romantic or sexual relationship (e.g. Tyler Joseph X Josh Dun). even if the characters have nothing to do with each other (e.g. Alice X Oliver), or are years apart (e.g. Deku X Eri)
"I hate when people do character ships. especially when the two characters are years apart. at that point just admit you're pedophile"
by real_mrbreast April 12, 2025

by EmmaRosie March 17, 2019

A term used to describe a want for two people to get into a romantic/sexual relationship or have and interaction of such. The word is commonly used in fandoms such as Harry Potter, Animes, and basically any movie where two people interact.
Girl 1: "Okay, okay, so I was, once again, watching Top Gun and I can't bring myself to ship Maverick and Charlie! Like! There's no chemistry!"
Girl 2: "Really? Who do you ship then?"
Girl 1: "This is gonna seem odd, but I ship Maverick and Iceman so hard! They would've made a perfect haters-to-lovers slowburn if the movie wasn't made in the 80's. You've got to watch it again and see the way they look at eachother! Heck, even look up videos of the ship!"
Girl 2: "Okay, fine. But that ship actually makes so much sense!"
Girl 2: "Really? Who do you ship then?"
Girl 1: "This is gonna seem odd, but I ship Maverick and Iceman so hard! They would've made a perfect haters-to-lovers slowburn if the movie wasn't made in the 80's. You've got to watch it again and see the way they look at eachother! Heck, even look up videos of the ship!"
Girl 2: "Okay, fine. But that ship actually makes so much sense!"
by VampTeddySimp December 30, 2020

by PansSmashWhatever May 5, 2018

Headcanonning two characters/something else to be dating
Homophones:
Ship- the one you use to sail in the sea/ocean/water
Homophones:
Ship- the one you use to sail in the sea/ocean/water
i ship 4x
by enyachii October 31, 2024

Usually a sort of fanfictional pairing between one character and another, usually using game characters. Some people admit their ships are general brick nuggets, while others will wanna join that ship as a threesome, also called, "overfangirling."
by CatInTheFishBowl April 27, 2019

Slang term meaning allkinds of
Relationships from person to person to person to object to person to spirituality to person to
Animal to person to god even scientistific relationships to education relationships to street relationships
Relationships from person to person to person to object to person to spirituality to person to
Animal to person to god even scientistific relationships to education relationships to street relationships
by rafael e Reyes June 10, 2018
