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shop (s̸häp)

noun

    1. a place where certain goods or services are offered for sale; esp., a small store
    2. a specialized department in a large store the gourmet shop
  1. a place where a particular kind of work is done a printing shop
  2. ☆ in some schools, an industrial arts course, class, or department

Etymology: ME schoppe < OE sceoppa, booth, stall, akin to Ger schopf, porch < IE base *(s)keup-, a bundle, sheaf of straw: prob. basic meaning “roof made of straw thatch”

intransitive verb shopped, shopping shop′·ping

to visit a shop or shops so as to look at and buy or price things for sale

transitive verb

  1. Informal to shop at (a specified store)
  2. Brit., Slang
    1. to inform on, esp. to the police
    2. to arrest or imprison
  3. Informal to offer for sale: often with around
shop Idioms

set up shop

to open or start a business

shop around

  1. to go from shop to shop, looking for bargains or special items
  2. to search about for a good or better job, idea, etc.

shut up shop

  1. to close a place of business, as for the night
  2. to go out of business

talk shop

to discuss one's work

Webster's New World College Dictionary Copyright © 2009 by Wiley Publishing, Inc., Cleveland, Ohio.
Used by arrangement with John Wiley & Sons, Inc.

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