What does shop mean?

Definitions for shop
ʃɒpshop

This dictionary definitions page includes all the possible meanings, example usage and translations of the word shop.

Princeton's WordNet

  1. shop, storenoun

    a mercantile establishment for the retail sale of goods or services

    "he bought it at a shop on Cape Cod"

  2. workshop, shopnoun

    small workplace where handcrafts or manufacturing are done

  3. shop class, shopverb

    a course of instruction in a trade (as carpentry or electricity)

    "I built a birdhouse in shop"

  4. shopverb

    do one's shopping

    "She goes shopping every Friday"

  5. patronize, patronise, shop, shop at, buy at, frequent, sponsorverb

    do one's shopping at; do business with; be a customer or client of

  6. shop, browseverb

    shop around; not necessarily buying

    "I don't need help, I'm just browsing"

  7. denounce, tell on, betray, give away, rat, grass, shit, shop, snitch, stagverb

    give away information about somebody

    "He told on his classmate who had cheated on the exam"

GCIDE

  1. Shopnoun

    A person's occupation, business, profession, or the like, as a subject of attention, interest, conversation, etc.; -- sometimes in deprecation or disapproval; as, to talk shop at a party. Also used attributively, as in shop talk.

Wiktionary

  1. shopnoun

    An establishment that sells goods or services to the public; originally a physical location, but now a virtual establishment as well.

  2. shopnoun

    A place where things are crafted; a workshop or hobbyshop.

  3. shopnoun

    An automobile mechanic's workplace.

  4. shopnoun

    Workplace; office. Used mainly in expressions such as shop talk, closed shop and shop floor.

  5. shopnoun

    A variety of classes taught in junior or senior high school that teach vocational skill.

  6. shopnoun

    an organisation using specified programming languages or software, often exclusively.

    Our company is mostly a Java shop.

  7. shopnoun

    An act of shopping, especially routine shopping for food and other domestic supplies.

    This is where I do my weekly shop.

  8. shopverb

    To visit shops; to look around shops with the intention of buying something.

    I went shopping ; he's shopping for clothes.

  9. shopverb

    To report or "grass up" the criminal or otherwise wrong activities or whereabouts of (a suspect) to an authority.

  10. shopverb

    Shorthand for photoshop; to digitally edit a picture or photograph.

  11. shopinterjection

    Used to attract the services of a shop assistant

  12. Etymology: From shoppe, from sceoppa

Samuel Johnson's Dictionary

  1. Shopnoun

    Etymology: sceop , Saxon, a magazine; eschoppe, French; shopa, low Latin.] Robert Ainsworth

    Our windows are broke down,
    And we for fear compell’d to shut our shops. William Shakespeare.

    Your most grave belly thus answer’d;
    True is it, my incorporate friends,
    That I receive the general food at first,
    Which you do live upon; and fit it is,
    Because I am the store-house and the shop
    Of the whole body. William Shakespeare, Macbeth.

    In his needy shop a tortoise hung,
    An alligator stuft, and other skins
    Of ill-shap’d fishes; and about his shelves
    A beggarly account of empty boxes. William Shakespeare.

    Scarce any sold in shops could be relied on as faithfully prepared. Boyle.

    His shop is his element, and he cannot with any enjoyment of himself live out of it. Robert South, Sermons.

    We have divers mechanical arts and stuffs made by them; and shops for such as are not brought into vulgar use. Francis Bacon.

ChatGPT

  1. shop

    A shop is a physical location or an online platform where goods or services are sold to customers by a retailer or a business entity. It can range from small local businesses to large department stores or supermarkets, offering various items such as groceries, clothing, electronics, etc. In an online context, a shop can refer to a website or an application where customers make transactions digitally.

Webster Dictionary

  1. Shop

    imp. of Shape. Shaped

  2. Shopnoun

    a building or an apartment in which goods, wares, drugs, etc., are sold by retail

  3. Shopnoun

    a building in which mechanics or artisans work; as, a shoe shop; a car shop

  4. Shopverb

    to visit shops for the purpose of purchasing goods

  5. Etymology: [OE. shoppe, schoppe, AS. sceoppa a treasury, a storehouse, stall, booth; akin to scypen a shed, LG. schup a shed, G. schoppen, schuppen, a shed, a coachhouse, OHG. scopf.]

Chambers 20th Century Dictionary

  1. Shop

    shop, n. a building in which goods are sold by retail: a place where mechanics work, or where any kind of industry is pursued: one's own business or profession, also talk about such.—v.i. to visit shops for the purpose of buying.—v.t. (slang) to imprison:—pr.p. shop′ping; pa.p. shopped.—ns. Shop′-bell, a small automatic bell hung to give notice of the opening of a shop-door; Shop′-board, a bench on which work, esp. that of tailors, is done; Shop′-boy, -girl, a boy or girl employed in a shop; Shop′-keeper, one who keeps a shop for the sale of goods by retail; Shop′keeping, the business of keeping a shop; Shop′-lift′er; Shop′-lift′ing, lifting or stealing anything from a shop; Shop′man, one who serves in a shop: a shopkeeper; Shopoc′racy, shopkeepers collectively; Shop′ping, the act of visiting shops to see and buy goods.—adj. Shop′py, commercial: abounding in shops: given to talking shop: concerning one's own pursuit.—ns. Shop′-walk′er, one who walks about in a shop and sees the customers attended to; Shop′woman, a woman employed in a shop.—adj. Shop′-worn, somewhat tarnished by being exposed in a shop.—Fancy shop, a shop where fancy goods are sold.—Shut up shop (coll.), to abandon any enterprise; The other shop (slang), a rival institution or establishment; The whole shop (slang), entirely; Talk shop (coll.), to converse unseasonably about one's own profession. [A.S. sceoppa, a treasury (influenced by O. Fr. eschoppe, a stall.)]

Editors Contribution

  1. shop

    A type of business, company, enterprise or organization.

    The shop sells a variety of goods and they have a number of shops too.


    Submitted by MaryC on February 20, 2020  


  2. shop

    A type of retail business, company, enterprise or organization.

    The shop sells a variety of goods and they have a number of shops too.


    Submitted by MaryC on February 20, 2020  


  3. shop

    Go into a shop to purchase.

    The family choose to shop when they have eaten the food they bought.


    Submitted by MaryC on April 9, 2020  

Suggested Resources

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Etymology and Origins

  1. Shop

    Theatrical slang for an engagement.

British National Corpus

  1. Spoken Corpus Frequency

    Rank popularity for the word 'shop' in Spoken Corpus Frequency: #1167

  2. Written Corpus Frequency

    Rank popularity for the word 'shop' in Written Corpus Frequency: #479

  3. Nouns Frequency

    Rank popularity for the word 'shop' in Nouns Frequency: #257

  4. Verbs Frequency

    Rank popularity for the word 'shop' in Verbs Frequency: #834

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Anagrams for shop »

  1. hops

  2. hosp

  3. OHPs

  4. posh

  5. soph

  6. phos

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Numerology

  1. Chaldean Numerology

    The numerical value of shop in Chaldean Numerology is: 5

  2. Pythagorean Numerology

    The numerical value of shop in Pythagorean Numerology is: 4

Examples of shop in a Sentence

  1. Sheila Hunt:

    She had gone out with a Shop-vac. She didn’t know, as well as most people didn’t, that you should wear protective gear and all that stuff.

  2. Robbie Wheaton:

    As a federal firearms licensee, we have the right to be able to refuse the transfer of firearms to someone, a shop has a final right to say ‘ no ’ based on a person’s behavior whether they will sell a firearm to them or not.

  3. Jessica Ellis:

    Start at a local camera rental shop, test out a few of their DSLR beginner recommendations.

  4. Nick Marro:

    The most notorious allegations have been levied against Chinese investment in Africa, which often sees large, state-owned companies set up shop, bring in workers from China -- as opposed to hiring locally -- and then re-export mined raw materials back home.

  5. County Commission Chairman John Koenig:

    October 1 refers to Las Vegas, the deadliest shooting in modern U.S. history. On Wednesday, county officials said they believe 1,000 to 3,000 people could potentially show up in the town of Amargosa Valley, which has a population of nearly 1,000 people. County Commission Chairman John Koenig laid out what could happen if a crowd that large ends up appearing inAmargosa. Nye County Commissioner Leo Blundo says if even 3,000 people show up to' Storm Area 51,' Nye County will put an enormous strain on the small town in Nevada. Be prepared not to have cell service, not to have Internet. There will probably be no water available, there will probably be no ice available because everything is going to sell out. There will probably be no gas left in the gas station, no food, nowhere to go potty, if youre coming, be prepared because its probably not going to be nice. STORM AREA 51 CRAZE CONTINUES AS 2M PEOPLE PLEDGE TO RAID SECRET GOVT MILITARY BASE He advised anyone planning to visit the area during the events should be prepared with food, water, and other essential items since those supplies will probably sell out very quickly. Authorities are also concerned about a massive influx of traffic that could lead to gridlock, stymying first responders and law enforcement if they are needed. County officials stressed they are worried that sources could get tied up with masses of people arriving on the lone highway in the area. Nye County commissioner Leo Blundo urged residents they should prepare by stocking up on food, water, gasoline, and prescription medication ahead of the weekend. Signs warn about trespassing at an entrance to the Nevada Test and Training Range near Area 51 outside of Rachel, Nev. ( AP Photo/John Locher, File) Cell phone service may also be impacted if thousands show up. Amargosa Town Board member Trevor Dolby told commissioners that cell phone towers in Amargosa Valley were not designed to support the thousands of people, according to FOX5. Whats scary is our 9-1-1 paging service goes through cell phones, Dolby said. CLICK HERE FOR THE FOX NEWS APP Earlier this month, neighboring Lincoln County drafted an emergency declaration but gave conditional approval for events in tiny towns near the once top-secret U.S. Air Force test area. that has long been a focus of UFO conspiracy theories. Alien-themed graffiti adorns a rock along the Extraterrestrial Highway, near Rachel, Nev. ( AP Photo/John Locher) TheLittle ALeInn in Rachelisscheduling an eventcalledAlienstockon Sept. 20-22, while The Alien Research Center souvenir shop in Hiko has planned a Sept. 20-21 expo. Those events in Hiko and Rachel would be about 100 miles from Amargosa Valley. Rachelswebsite says the nearest gas stations are located 50 miles south in Ash Springs and 110 miles north in Tonopah. Officials in two rural Nevada counties have signed a state of emergency declaration ahead of the' Storm Area 51' event ; William La Jeunesse reports.

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