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shop

UK/ʃɒp/ US/ʃɑp/ common slang uk
noun (3) verb (4)

noun

1.

a mercantile establishment for the retail sale of goods or services

  • “he bought it at a shop on Cape Cod”
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2.

small workplace where handcrafts or manufacturing are done

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3.

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

  • “I built a birdhouse in shop”
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verb

1.

do one''s shopping

  • “She goes shopping every Friday”
2.

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

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3.

shop around; not necessarily buying

  • “I don”
  • “m just browsing”
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4.

give away information about somebody

  • “He told on his classmate who had cheated on the exam”
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Origin

From Middle English shoppe, schoppe, from Old English sċoppa (“shed; booth; stall; shop”), from Proto-Germanic *skupp-, *skup- (“barn, shed”), from Proto-Indo-European *skub-, *skup- (“to bend, bow, curve, vault”).

Phrases

  • shop around
  • shop till you drop
  • window shopping

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