shop in Gujarati ગુજરાતી
shop in Sindhi سنڌي
shop in Tamil தமிழ்
shop in Telugu తెలుగు
shop in English
- shop⇄expr. set up shop,
a. to start work or business.
Ex. Every morning the fruit and vegetable man sets up shop at the corner.
b. to start a business.
Ex. He set up shop in the fur trade. - shop⇄expr. shop around, (U.S.) to make a search; try to find and acquire something.
Ex. to shop around for an apartment. People aren't shopping around for jobs the way they used to (Wall Street Journal). - shop⇄expr. shut up shop,
a. to end work or business.
Ex. The grocer shuts up shop at six.
b. to give up work or business.
Ex. With another loss as large as this one, we will have to shut up shop. - shop⇄expr. talk shop, to talk about one's work or occupation.
Ex. There is a coffee break in the afternoon, or tea in the library, when the associates gather with the partners and talk shop (Harper's). - shop⇄noun 1. a place where things are sold at retail; store, especially one dealing in a single type or limited range of commodities.
Ex. a small dress shop.
2. a place where things are made or repaired; workshop.
Ex. He works in a carpente - shop⇄shop, noun, verb, shopped,shopping.
- shop⇄v.i. to visit stores to look at or to buy things.
Ex. We shopped all morning for a coat. I thought Joan was going with you, and that you would be shopping (Benjamin Disraeli). - shop⇄v.t. 1. to visit (a store or stores) to examine merchandise or compare prices, especially as a shopper.
2. to do one's shopping in.
Ex. In older times most people shopped the general store.
3. (U.S. Slang.) to dismiss from a job or po