¹shop

noun, often attributive \ˈshäp\

: a building or room where goods and services are sold

: the place where a specified kind of worker works : a worker's place of business

: a place for making or repairing goods, machinery, vehicles, etc.

Full Definition of SHOP

: a handicraft establishment : atelier

a : a building or room stocked with merchandise for sale : store

b also shoppe \ˈshäp\ : a small retail establishment or a department in a large one offering a specified line of goods or services <a millinery shop> <a sandwich shop>

: a commercial establishment for the making or repair of goods or machinery <machine shop> <repair shop>

a : a school laboratory equipped for industrial arts education

b : the art or science of working with tools and machinery

a : a business establishment : office <a public relations shop>

b : shoptalk <talking shop>

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Origin of SHOP

Middle English shoppe, from Old English sceoppa booth; akin to Old High German scopf shed

First Known Use: 14th century

Related to SHOP

Synonyms: bazaar, emporium, store

Rhymes with SHOP

bop, chap, chop, clop, cop, crop, drop, flop, fop, glop, hop, knop, lop, mop, op, plop, pop, prop, scop, slop, sop, stop, strop, swap, top, whop

²shop

verb

: to visit places where goods are sold in order to look at and buy things

: to try to get a company to publish or produce (something)

: to give information about the secret or criminal activity of (someone) to an authority (such as the police)

shoppedshop·ping

Full Definition of SHOP

intransitive verb

a : to examine goods or services with intent to buy

b : to hunt through a market in search of the best buy

: to make a search : hunt <shopping around for a better idea>

transitive verb

British : to inform on : betray

: to examine the stock or offerings of <shop the stores for Christmas gift ideas>

: to offer for consideration or acceptance; especially : to offer for sale or in a trade —often used with around <shopping the manuscript around>

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