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English

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Etymology

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). Cognate with Dutch schop (spade, kick), German Schuppen (shed), German Schober (barn), French échoppe (booth, shop) (< Germanic). The verb is denominal. The noun senses “act of shopping”, “purchased items” are backformed from the verb.

Pronunciation

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.
  2. A place where things are manufactured or crafted; a workshop.
    • c. 1594 (date written), William Shakespeare, “The Comedie of Errors”, in Mr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies  (First Folio), London: Isaac Iaggard, and Ed Blount, published 1623, →OCLC, :
      A tailor called me in his shop.
    • 1986 December 14, Willie Rice, “He Is White And I Am Black”, in Gay Community News, volume 14, number 22, page 4:
      I just left Dannemora and the same thing is happening here at Auburn prison [] They don't want to put me in the plate shop or let me have a good paying job.
  3. A large garage where vehicle mechanics work.
    The car's in the shop right now.
  4. Workplace; office. Used mainly in expressions such as shop talk, closed shop and shop floor.
  5. (figurative, 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 skills.
  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.
  9. (UK, colloquial) The collective items bought (or to be bought) on a shopping trip.
    I’ve got a big shop, so feel free to go in front.

Synonyms

Derived terms

Terms derived from the noun shop

Descendants

Translations

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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.
  6. (transitive, slang, archaic) To dismiss from employment.
    Synonyms: fire, sack
  7. (transitive, colloquial) To investigate or evaluate as a mystery shopper.
    • quoted in 1970, United States. Bureau of Employment Security, Benefit Series Service: Unemployment Insurance (page 221-7)
      A grocery clerk who, after he had been "shopped" on occasions, was discharged because he had admitted that on one occasion he had not rung up a sale immediately after the transaction, as required by the company rule, but had recorded it later when he had remembered it, held discharged, but not for misconduct connected with his work
    • 2001, Stuart Tannock, Youth at Work: The Unionized Fast-food and Grocery Workplace, page 50:
      Because mystery shoppers' reports are presented to employees some time (often several days) after they have "been shopped," employees may not be able to recall who the mystery shopper was, even after the fact — and, consequently, they may be unable to judge the accuracy and fairness of these reports.

Synonyms

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

Derived terms

Descendants

Translations

References

  • (dismiss from employment): John Camden Hotten (1873) The Slang Dictionary

Interjection

shop

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

Further reading

  • shop”, in OneLook Dictionary Search.

Anagrams

Dutch

Etymology

Borrowed from English shop.

Pronunciation

Noun

shop m (plural shops, diminutive shopje n)

  1. shop
    Synonym: winkel

Derived terms

Finnish

Etymology

Borrowed from English shop.

Pronunciation

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
abessive shopitta shopeitta
instructive shopein
comitative See the possessive forms below.
Possessive forms of shop (Kotus type 5/risti, no gradation)
first-person singular possessor
singular plural
nominative shopini shopini
accusative nom. shopini shopini
gen. shopini
genitive shopini shopieni
partitive shopiani shopejani
inessive shopissani shopeissani
elative shopistani shopeistani
illative shopiini shopeihini
adessive shopillani shopeillani
ablative shopiltani shopeiltani
allative shopilleni shopeilleni
essive shopinani shopeinani
translative shopikseni shopeikseni
abessive shopittani shopeittani
instructive
comitative shopeineni
second-person singular possessor
singular plural
nominative shopisi shopisi
accusative nom. shopisi shopisi
gen. shopisi
genitive shopisi shopiesi
partitive shopiasi shopejasi
inessive shopissasi shopeissasi
elative shopistasi shopeistasi
illative shopiisi shopeihisi
adessive shopillasi shopeillasi
ablative shopiltasi shopeiltasi
allative shopillesi shopeillesi
essive shopinasi shopeinasi
translative shopiksesi shopeiksesi
abessive shopittasi shopeittasi
instructive
comitative shopeinesi
first-person plural possessor
singular plural
nominative shopimme shopimme
accusative nom. shopimme shopimme
gen. shopimme
genitive shopimme shopiemme
partitive shopiamme shopejamme
inessive shopissamme shopeissamme
elative shopistamme shopeistamme
illative shopiimme shopeihimme
adessive shopillamme shopeillamme
ablative shopiltamme shopeiltamme
allative shopillemme shopeillemme
essive shopinamme shopeinamme
translative shopiksemme shopeiksemme
abessive shopittamme shopeittamme
instructive
comitative shopeinemme
second-person plural possessor
singular plural
nominative shopinne shopinne
accusative nom. shopinne shopinne
gen. shopinne
genitive shopinne shopienne
partitive shopianne shopejanne
inessive shopissanne shopeissanne
elative shopistanne shopeistanne
illative shopiinne shopeihinne
adessive shopillanne shopeillanne
ablative shopiltanne shopeiltanne
allative shopillenne shopeillenne
essive shopinanne shopeinanne
translative shopiksenne shopeiksenne
abessive shopittanne shopeittanne
instructive
comitative shopeinenne

Further reading

French

Pronunciation

Noun

shop f (plural shops)

  1. (North America, anglicism) workshop

Romanian

Etymology

Unadapted borrowing from English shop.

Noun

shop n (plural shopuri)

  1. a small shop
  2. (historical) a hard currency shop

Declension

singular plural
indefinite definite indefinite definite
nominative-accusative shop shopul shopuri shopurile
genitive-dative shop shopului shopuri shopurilor
vocative shopule shopurilor