Meaning

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

Examples

2885 sentences
  1. Do you go shopping every day?

    Ти кожного дня ходиш по магазинах? — deniko

    ruВы каждый день ходите по магазинам? — Hellerick

    deGehst du jeden Tag einkaufen? — Espi

  2. I'll do the shopping for you.

    Я зроблю покупки для тебе. — Sashka

    deIch mache den Einkauf für dich. — Tamy

  3. I have some shopping to do.

    Мені потрібно дещо купити. — Wordowl

  4. I hardly ever go shopping alone.

    Я майже ніколи не ходжу в магазин сам. — deniko

  5. Who did Tom go shopping with?

    З ким Том пішов у магазин? — deniko

    deMit wem ging Tom einkaufen? — frpzzd

Origin

From Middle English shoppe, schoppe, from Old English sċoppa (“shed; booth; stall; shop”),

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 (“shed”), 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.

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Collocations

12 patterns
  • go shopping
  • go shopping with
  • to go shopping
  • gone gone shopping
  • coffee shop
  • do some shopping
  • usually go shopping
  • the shopping center
  • a coffee shop
  • some shopping
  • christmas shopping
  • went shopping together

See also

neighbours in the dictionary
shop — meaning, examples, forms, synonyms | Krumeto