Category:Shop

Shop, obs.

Defn: imp. of shape. Shaped. Chaucer.

Shop Shop, n. Etym: [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.]

1. A building or an apartment in which goods, wares, drugs, etc., are Sold by retail. From shop to shop wandering, and littering with unfolded silks the Polished counter. Cowper.

2. A building in which mechanics or artisans work; as, a shoe shop; a Car shop. A tailor called me in his shop. Shak.

Note: shop is often used adjectively or in composition; as, shop Rent, or shop-rent; shop thief, or shop-thief; shop window, or shop- Window, etc. To smell of the shop, to indicate too distinctively One's occupation or profession. -- to talk shop, to make one's business the topic of social Conversation; also, to use the phrases peculiar to one's employment. [colloq.]

Syn. -- store; warehouse. See store.

Shop Shop, v. i. [imp. & p. p. Shopped; p. pr. & vb. n. Shopping.]

Defn: to visit shops for the purpose of purchasing goods. He was engaged with his mother and some ladies to go shopping. Byron.