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From Middle English shoppe, from Old English sceoppa (booth)

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Singular
shop

Plural
shops

shop (plural shops)

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  1. An establishment that sells goods or services to the public; originally a physical location, but now a virtual establishment as well.
  2. A place where things are crafted; a workshop or hobbyshop.
  3. An automobile mechanic's workplace.
  4. Workplace; office. Used mainly in expressions such as shop talk, closed shop and shop floor.
  5. Short for wood shop or metal shop, classes taught typically in junior high school, teaching vocational skill.
  6. In information technology, describes the programming languages or software an organisation uses, usually exclusively; "our company is mostly a Java shop".

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Infinitive
to shop

Third person singular
shops

Simple past
shopped

Past participle
shopped

Present participle
shopping

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

  1. (intransitive) To visit shops; to look around shops with the intention of buying something.
    I went shopping ; he’s shopping for clothes.
  2. (transitive) To report the criminal or otherwise wrong activities or whereabouts of (a suspect) to an authority.
  3. (transitive, Internet) Shorthand for photoshop; to digitally edit a picture or photograph.

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shop!

  1. Used to attract the services of a shop assistant