SHOPPED

SHOP

denounce, tell on, betray, give away, rat, grass, shit, shop, snitch, stag

(verb) give away information about somebody; “He told on his classmate who had cheated on the exam”

shop

(verb) do one’s shopping; “She goes shopping every Friday”

shop, browse

(verb) shop around; not necessarily buying; “I don’t need help, I’m just browsing”

patronize, patronise, shop, shop at, buy at, frequent, sponsor

(verb) do one’s shopping at; do business with; be a customer or client of

Source: WordNet® 3.1


Verb

shopped

simple past tense and past participle of shop

Source: Wiktionary


SHOP

Shop, obs.

Definition: imp. of Shape. Shaped. Chaucer.

Shop, n. Etym: [OE. shoppe, schoppe, AS. sceoppa a treasury, a storehouse, stall, booth; akin to scypen a shed, LG. schup a shed, G. schoppen, schuppen, a shed, a coachhouse, OHG. scopf.]

1. A building or an apartment in which goods, wares, drugs, etc., are sold by retail. From shop to shop Wandering, and littering with unfolded silks The polished counter. Cowper.

2. A building in which mechanics or artisans work; as, a shoe shop; a car shop. A tailor called me in his shop. Shak.

Note: Shop is often used adjectively or in composition; as, shop rent, or shop-rent; shop thief, or shop-thief; shop window, or shop- window, etc. To smell of the shop, to indicate too distinctively one's occupation or profession.

– To talk shop, to make one's business the topic of social conversation; also, to use the phrases peculiar to one's employment. [Colloq.]

Syn.

– Store; warehouse. See Store.

Shop, v. i. [imp. & p. p. Shopped; p. pr. & vb. n. Shopping.]

Definition: To visit shops for the purpose of purchasing goods. He was engaged with his mother and some ladies to go shopping. Byron.

Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition



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