shop ‧ ping S2 W3 /ˈʃɒpɪŋ $ ʃɑː-/ BrE AmE noun [uncountable]
[ Word Family: noun : ↑ shop , ↑ shopper , ↑ shopping ; verb : ↑ shop ]
1 . the activity of going to shops and buying things:
Late-night shopping is becoming very popular.
shopping expedition/trip
She’s gone on a shopping trip to New York.
I went on a shopping spree (=went shopping and bought a lot of things) at the weekend and spent far too much money.
I’ve got to do some last-minute shopping.
the busy Christmas shopping season
⇨ ↑ window-shopping
2 . do the shopping to go shopping to buy food and other things you need regularly:
I hate doing the shopping at weekends.
3 . British English the things that you have just bought from a shop:
Can you help me carry the shopping, please?
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COLLOCATIONS
■ verbs
▪ go shopping
She skipped lunch in order to go shopping.
▪ do some/the/your shopping
I thought you wanted to do some shopping.
■ NOUN + shopping
▪ Christmas shopping
So you've done all your Christmas shopping, have you?
▪ grocery shopping
She even enjoys grocery shopping.
▪ home shopping (=buying things at home, for example from a catalogue)
■ shopping + NOUN
▪ a shopping expedition/trip
His shopping trip with Uncle Billy had been a thorough success.
▪ a shopping spree (=when you buy a lot of things)
He admits to going on a shopping spree with someone else's credit card.
▪ a shopping list (=a list of what you need to buy, especially of food)
Always take a shopping list so you are not tempted to buy things you do not need.