Shopping
['ʃɒpɪŋ] or ['ʃɑpɪŋ]
Definition
(noun.) searching for or buying goods or services; 'went shopping for a reliable plumber'; 'does her shopping at the mall rather than down town'.
(noun.) the commodities purchased from stores; 'she loaded her shopping into the car'women carrying home shopping didn't give me a second glance'.
Checked by Adrienne--From WordNet
Definition
(p. pr. & vb. n.) of Shop
Checked by Lemuel
Examples
- The day passed most pleasantly away; the morning in bustle and shopping, and the evening at one of the theatres. Jane Austen. Pride and Prejudice.
- Meg, isn't that the man who bowed to you one day when we were shopping? Louisa May Alcott. Little Women.
- I'm shopping. Louisa May Alcott. Little Women.
- Been up to town for a little shopping, I suppose? Edith Wharton. The House of Mirth.
- Shopping in Regent Street is perfectly splendid. Louisa May Alcott. Little Women.
- Should we no do a little what you call shopping for the babies, and haf a farewell feast tonight if I go for my last call at your so pleasant home? Louisa May Alcott. Little Women.
- We must go shopping tomorrow afternoon, Meg. Louisa May Alcott. Little Women.
- The clerk, being a married man, condescended to take an interest in the couple, who appeared to be shopping for their family. Louisa May Alcott. Little Women.
- Every woman was abroad, every man was out, shopping with his wife, or gathering with his pals. D. H. Lawrence. Women in Love .
- The fact that he is doing his own shopping looks as though it were his wife. Arthur Conan Doyle. The Memoirs of Sherlock Holmes.
- Nor was Mrs. Amelia at all above the pleasure of shopping, and bargaining, and seeing and buying pretty things. William Makepeace Thackeray. Vanity Fair.
- The second Edison theatre, or studio, is located not far from the shopping district in New York City. Frank Lewis Dyer. Edison, His Life and Inventions.
- My aunt always sends me off when she is shopping. Jane Austen. Emma.
- But I shall leave you to your studies, my dear; for I must go and do some shopping. George Eliot. Middlemarch.
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