I. ˈshäp noun
Usage: often attributive
Etymology: Middle English shoppe, from Old English sceoppa booth; akin to Old High German scopf shed
Date: 14th century
1. : a handicraft establishment : atelier
2.
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
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
5.
a. : a business establishment : office
a public relations shop
b. : shoptalk
talking shop
II. verb
( shopped ; shop·ping )
Date: 1764
intransitive verb
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
transitive verb
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