shop definition

English shop definition

Etymology

From Middle English shoppe, schoppe, from Old English sċeoppa, sċoppa (“shed; booth; stall; shop”), from Proto-Germanic *skupp-, *skup- (“barn, shed”), from Proto-Indo-European *skub-, *skup- (“to bend, bow, curve, vault”). Cognate with Dutch schop (“spade, kick”), German Schuppen (“shed”), German Schober (“barn”), French échoppe (“booth, shop”) (< Germanic).

Pronunciation

• (UK) IPA^(key): /ʃɒp/
• (US) enPR: shäp, IPA^(key): /ʃɑp/

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• Rhymes: -ɒp

Noun

shop (countable and uncountable, plural shops)

1. An establishment that sells goods or services to the public; originally only a physical location, but now a virtual establishment as well.
   • 1782–1785, William Cowper, “(please specify the page)”, in The Task, a Poem, […], London: […] J[oseph] Johnson; […], OCLC 228757725:

     From shop to shop / Wandering, and littering with unfolded silks / The polished counter.

2. A place where things are manufactured or crafted; a workshop.
   • c. 1594, William Shakespeare, “The Comedie of Errors”, in Mr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies […] (First Folio), London: […] Isaac Iaggard, and Ed[ward] Blount, published 1623, OCLC 606515358, [Act IV, scene iii]:

     A tailor called me in his shop.

3. A large garage where vehicle mechanics work.
4. Workplace; office. Used mainly in expressions such as shop talk, closed shop and shop floor.
5. (figuratively, uncountable) Discussion of business or professional affairs.
   • 1917, South African Chemical Institute, Proceedings, page 28:

     What struck me about the occasion was the quiet though cheerful tone of the gathering, the restraint, noticeable also in the very few speeches. Chemistry was taboo, by common consent — no " shop " allowed.

   • 1919, Virginia Woolf, Night and Day:

     But Mary cut her short.
     "We don't allow shop at tea, Sally," she said firmly.

   • 1953, Winston Churchill, “Strain and Suspense”, in The Second World War, page 619:

     Nothing but shop was ever talked on any of these occasions. I am sure these close relationships were necessary for the conduct of the war, and I could not have grasped the whole position without them.

6. A variety of classes taught in junior or senior high school that teach vocational skill.
7. An establishment where a barber or beautician works.

   a barber shop

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

   This is where I do my weekly shop.

Synonyms

• (establishment that sells goods): boutique, retail outlet, store (US); see also Thesaurus:retail store
• (place where things are crafted): atelier, studio, workshop
• (automobile mechanic's workplace): garage
• (workplace): office, place of work, workplace
• (wood shop): carpentry, wood shop, woodwork
• (metal shop): metal shop, metalwork

Derived terms

Related terms

• shoppe

Descendants

Translations

Verb

shop (third-person singular simple present shops, present participle shopping, simple past and past participle shopped)

1. (intransitive) To visit stores or shops to browse or explore merchandise, especially with the intention of buying such merchandise.

   I went shopping early before the Christmas rush.

   He’s shopping for clothes.

2. (transitive) To purchase products from (a range or catalogue, etc.).

   Shop our new arrivals.

   • 1988, Sylvia Harney, Married beyond recognition: a humorous look at marriage (page 90)

     You fantasized about having unhurried afternoons before the baby arrived to leisurely shop your favorite boutiques. Then the first crash hits — you no longer have the money to shop your favorite boutiques.

3. (transitive, slang, chiefly UK) To report the criminal activities or whereabouts of someone to an authority.

   He shopped his mates in to the police.

4. (transitive, slang, chiefly UK) To imprison.
5. (transitive, Internet slang) To photoshop; to digitally edit a picture or photograph.

Synonyms

• (to report a criminal to authority): grass up (slang)

Derived terms

Descendants

Translations

Interjection

shop

1. (dated) Used to attract the services of a shop assistant

Further reading

• shop at OneLook Dictionary Search.

Anagrams

• Hosp., OHPs, PHOs, Posh, Soph, hops, hosp, phos, posh, soph

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Dutch shop definition

Etymology

Borrowed from English shop.

Pronunciation

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Noun

shop m (plural shops, diminutive shopje n)

1. shop

   Synonym: winkel

Derived terms

• koffieshop

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Finnish shop definition

Etymology

Borrowed from English shop.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈʃop/, [ˈʃo̞p]

Noun

shop

1. (Anglism) Alternative form of shoppi (establishment that sells goods or services to the public).

Declension

Inflection of shop (Kotus type 5/risti, no gradation)
nominative		shop	shopit
genitive		shopin	shopien
partitive		shopia	shopeja
illative		shopiin	shopeihin
		singular	plural
nominative		shop	shopit
accusative	nom.	shop	shopit
	gen.	shopin
genitive		shopin	shopien
partitive		shopia	shopeja
inessive		shopissa	shopeissa
elative		shopista	shopeista
illative		shopiin	shopeihin
adessive		shopilla	shopeilla
ablative		shopilta	shopeilta
allative		shopille	shopeille
essive		shopina	shopeina
translative		shopiksi	shopeiksi
instructive		—	shopein
abessive		shopitta	shopeitta
comitative		—	shopeineen

Possessive forms of shop (type risti)
possessor	singular	plural
1st person	shopini	shopimme
2nd person	shopisi	shopinne
3rd person	shopinsa

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French shop definition

Noun

shop m (plural shops)

1. (Canada) workshop