often attributive
1
: a handicraft establishment : atelier
2
3
: a commercial establishment for the making or repair of goods or machinery
machine shop
repair shop
4
a
: a school laboratory equipped for industrial arts education
b
: the art or science of working with tools and machinery
shopped; shopping
1
a
: to examine goods or services with intent to buy
b
: to hunt through a market in search of the best buy
2
: to make a search : hunt
shopping around for a better idea
1
British
: to inform on : betray
2
: to examine the stock or offerings of
shop the stores for Christmas gift ideas
3
: to offer for consideration or acceptance
especially
: to offer for sale or in a trade
—often used with around
shopping the manuscript around
Examples of shop in a Sentence
Noun
I took the car to the shop to get new brakes.
I am taking shop this semester.
I made a table in shop.
The wood shop is down the hall.
Verb
Where do you like to shop?
I like to shop at locally owned stores.
She is shopping for a new car.
Many people now shop online.
She's shopping her idea for a film.
His own mother shopped him to the police.
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Emily M. Olson, Hartford Courant, 4 Apr. 2025
The Sacramento doughnut shop received a red placard and temporarily closed its doors after inspectors discovered that a toilet was inoperable.
—Camila Pedrosa, Sacbee.com, 4 Apr. 2025
Kristina Rutkowski, Vogue, 4 Apr. 2025
Citadel’s main owner is a guywho, when shopping for a pied-à-terre in Manhattan, had $238 million of spare change for the purpose.
—William Baldwin, Forbes.com, 4 Apr. 2025
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Noun
While the shop mostly serves the actors in theatrical productions, the shop also provides rentals for a variety of occasions, including theme parties, Halloween, and special events.
—Emily M. Olson, Hartford Courant, 4 Apr. 2025
The Sacramento doughnut shop received a red placard and temporarily closed its doors after inspectors discovered that a toilet was inoperable.
—Camila Pedrosa, Sacbee.com, 4 Apr. 2025
Verb
However, when shopping the trend, the skinny jeans of 2025 certainly shouldn’t be those tighter-than-tight jeggings of yesteryears, with loads of stretch, and a Saran Wrap feeling.
—Kristina Rutkowski, Vogue, 4 Apr. 2025
Citadel’s main owner is a guywho, when shopping for a pied-à-terre in Manhattan, had $238 million of spare change for the purpose.
—William Baldwin, Forbes.com, 4 Apr. 2025
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Cite this Entry
“Shop.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/shop. Accessed 17 Apr. 2025.
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shop
1 of 2 noun1
: a place of business : office
2
a
: a building or room where goods are sold retail
b
also shoppe
: a small store offering a specialized line of goods
a gift shop
3
: a place where workers are doing a particular kind of work especially with machinery
a print shop
4
a
: a school laboratory equipped for industrial arts education
b
: industrial arts
take shop as a freshman
metal shop
5
: shoptalk
talk shop
shop
2 of 2 verb
shopped; shopping
1
: to visit shops for the purpose of looking over and buying goods
2
: to look for the best buy
shop around for a new car
shopper
noun
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