shop

Universal Words noun, verb noun where you buy sth 1 [C] (especially BrE) a building or part of a building where you can buy goods or services: a pet / shoe shop * There's a little gift shop around the corner. * (BrE) a butcher's shop * (AmE) a butcher shop * (BrE) I'm just going down to the shops. Can I get you anything? seealsoBUCKETSHOP, COFFEESHOP, CORNERSHOP for making / repairing things 2 (also workshop) [C] (especially in compounds) a place where things are made or repaired, especially part of a factory where a particular type of work is done: a repair shop * a paint shop (= where cars are painted) seealsoBODYSHOP shopping 3 [sing.] (BrE, informal) an act of going shopping, especially for food and other items needed in the house: I do my weekly shop at the supermarket. school subject 4 (also shop class) [U] (both AmE) = INDUSTRIALARTS room for tools 5 (also workshop) [C] (AmE) a room in a house where tools are kept for making repairs to the house, building things out of wood, etc. IDIOMS all over the shop (BrE, informal) = all over the place at PLACEn. set up shop to start a business: American Technologies set up shop in Warsaw in 1990. moreatBULL, HITv., MINDv., SHUTv., TALKv. verb (-pp-) buy 1 [V] ~ (for sth) to buy things in shops/stores: to shop for food / clothes / presents * He likes to shop at the local market. * She was determined to go out and shop till she dropped. 2 (go shopping) [V] to spend time going to shops/stores and looking for things to buy: There should be plenty of time to go shopping before we leave New York. * 'Where's Mum?' 'She went shopping.' tell police about sb 3 [VN] ~ sb (to sb) (BrE, informal) to give information to sb, especially to the police, about sb who has committed a crime: He didn't expect his own mother to shop him to the police. PHRASALVERBS shop around (for sth) to compare the quality or prices of goods or services that are offered by different shops/stores, companies, etc. so that you can choose the best: Shop around for the best deal.