<p><strong>Noun</strong></p><ul><li>a retail store, especially a small one.</li><li>a small store or department in a large store selling a specific or select type of goods: the ski shop at Smith's.</li><li>the workshop of a craftsperson or artisan.</li><li>the workshop of a person who works in a manual trade; place for doing specific, skilled manual work: a carpenter's shop.</li><li>any factory, office, or business: Our ad agency is a well-run shop.</li><li>a course of instruction in a trade, as carpentry, printing, etc., consisting chiefly of training in the use of its tools and materials.</li><li>a classroom in which such a course is given.</li><li>one's trade, profession, or business as a subject of conversation or preoccupation.</li></ul><p><strong>Verb</strong> (used without object)</p><ul><li>to visit shops and stores for purchasing or examining goods.</li><li>to seek or examine goods, property, etc., offered for sale: Retail merchants often stock their stores by shopping in New York.</li><li>to seek a bargain, investment, service, etc. (usually followed by for): I'm shopping for a safe investment that pays good interest.</li></ul><p><strong>Verb</strong> (used with object)</p><ul><li>to seek or examine goods, property, etc., offered for sale in or by: She's shopping the shoe stores this afternoon.</li><li>Chiefly British Informal: to put into prison; jail.</li><li>to behave treacherously toward; inform on; betray.</li><li>Slang: to try to sell (merchandise or a project) in an attempt to obtain an order or contract.</li></ul><p><strong>Interjection</strong></p><ul><li>(used in a store, shop, etc., in calling an employee to wait on a customer.)</li></ul>