SHOPPING

shopping

(noun) searching for or buying goods or services; “went shopping for a reliable plumber”; “does her shopping at the mall rather than down town”

shopping

(noun) the commodities purchased from stores; “she loaded her shopping into the car”; “women carrying home shopping didn’t give me a second glance”

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

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Verb

shopping

present participle of shop

Noun

shopping (usually uncountable, plural shoppings)

The process of buying goods or services, or searching for those suitable to buy.

Recently bought goods.

An area's combination of stores and other infrastructure and products available for people who want to shop.

Usage notes

In English, it is common to say do the shopping or go shopping. See Collocations of do, have, make, and take

Anagrams

• Hoppings, hoppings

Source: Wiktionary

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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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