often attributive
1
: a handicraft establishment : atelier
2
3
: a commercial establishment for the making or repair of goods or machinery
machine shop
repair shop
4
a
: a school laboratory equipped for industrial arts education
b
: the art or science of working with tools and machinery
shopped; shopping
1
a
: to examine goods or services with intent to buy
b
: to hunt through a market in search of the best buy
2
: to make a search : hunt
shopping around for a better idea
1
British
: to inform on : betray
2
: to examine the stock or offerings of
shop the stores for Christmas gift ideas
3
: to offer for consideration or acceptance
especially
: to offer for sale or in a trade
—often used with around
shopping the manuscript around
Synonyms
Examples of shop in a Sentence
Noun
I took the car to the shop to get new brakes.
I am taking shop this semester.
I made a table in shop.
The wood shop is down the hall.
Verb
Where do you like to shop?
I like to shop at locally owned stores.
She is shopping for a new car.
Many people now shop online.
She's shopping her idea for a film.
His own mother shopped him to the police.
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Gordon G. Chang, Newsweek, 11 Dec. 2024
Plenty of pet shops have kittens up for adoption over the holidays.
—Elisa Cinelli, Parents, 10 Dec. 2024
Maria Berentzen, Vogue, 12 Dec. 2024
Keep scrolling to shop more of our favorite Walmart ugly Christmas sweaters.
—Shea Simmons, People.com, 12 Dec. 2024
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Noun
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—Gordon G. Chang, Newsweek, 11 Dec. 2024
Plenty of pet shops have kittens up for adoption over the holidays.
—Elisa Cinelli, Parents, 10 Dec. 2024
Verb
From work to shopping to streaming to scrolling, the average American adult gets around seven hours of screen time a day.
—Maria Berentzen, Vogue, 12 Dec. 2024
Keep scrolling to shop more of our favorite Walmart ugly Christmas sweaters.
—Shea Simmons, People.com, 12 Dec. 2024
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“Shop.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/shop. Accessed 21 Dec. 2024.
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shop
1 of 2 noun1
: a place of business : office
2
a
: a building or room where goods are sold retail
b
also shoppe
: a small store offering a specialized line of goods
a gift shop
3
: a place where workers are doing a particular kind of work especially with machinery
a print shop
4
a
: a school laboratory equipped for industrial arts education
b
: industrial arts
take shop as a freshman
metal shop
5
: shoptalk
talk shop
shop
2 of 2 verb
shopped; shopping
1
: to visit shops for the purpose of looking over and buying goods
2
: to look for the best buy
shop around for a new car
shopper
noun
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