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Definitions for Shopping

[1] the act of a person who shops.
[2] the facilities or merchandise available to those who shop: Chicago has good shopping.
[3] of, for, or pertaining to examining and buying merchandise: a shopping trip.
[4] a retail store, especially a small one.
[5] a small store or department in a large store selling a specific or select type of goods: the ski shop at Smith's.
[6] the workshop of a craftsperson or artisan.
[7] the workshop of a person who works in a manual trade; place for doing specific, skilled manual work: a carpenter's shop.
[8] any factory, office, or business: Our ad agency is a well-run shop.
[9] Education . a course of instruction in a trade, as carpentry, printing, etc., consisting chiefly of training in the use of its tools and materials. a classroom in which such a course is given.
[10] one's trade, profession, or business as a subject of conversation or preoccupation.
[11] to visit shops and stores for purchasing or examining goods.
[12] to seek or examine goods, property, etc., offered for sale: Retail merchants often stock their stores by shopping in New York.
[13] to seek a bargain, investment, service, etc. (usually followed by for ): I'm shopping for a safe investment that pays good interest.
[14] to seek or examine goods, property, etc., offered for sale in or by: She's shopping the shoe stores this afternoon.
[15] Chiefly British Informal . to put into prison; jail. to behave treacherously toward; inform on; betray.
[16] Slang . to try to sell (merchandise or a project) in an attempt to obtain an order or contract.
[17] (used in a store, shop, etc., in calling an employee to wait on a customer.)
[18] a number or collection of articles purchased
[19] the act or an instance of making purchases
[20] a place, esp a small building, for the retail sale of goods and services
[21] an act or instance of shopping, esp household shopping the weekly shop
[22] a place for the performance of a specified type of work; workshop
[23] all over the shop informal in disarray his papers were all over the shop in every direction I've searched for it all over the shop
[24] shut up shop to close business at the end of the day or permanently to become defensive or inactive
[25] talk shop to speak about one's work, esp when meeting socially, sometimes with the effect of excluding those not similarly employed
[26] (intr often foll by for ) to visit a shop or shops in search of (goods) with the intention of buying them
[27] (tr) slang , mainly British to inform on or betray, esp to the police

Words related to Shopping

spending, e-commerce, browsing

Words nearby Shopping

shoplift, shoplifter, shoplifting, shoppe, shopper, shopping, shopping bag, shopping bag lady, shopping basket, shopping cart, shopping center

Origin of Shopping

1250–1300; Middle English shoppe (noun), Old English sceoppa booth; akin to scypen stall, shippon, German Schopf lean-to, Schuppen shed

Other words from Shopping

in·ter·shop , adjective

Word origin for Shopping

Old English sceoppa stall, booth; related to Old High German scopf shed, Middle Dutch schoppe stall

Synonyms for Shopping

browsing, e-commerce, spending, purchasing, electronic commerce