Definitions
Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
- n. The act or practice of visiting shops for the purchase or examination of goods: as, she is very fond of shopping.
Wiktionary
- v. present participle of shop.
- n. Searching for or buying goods or services.
- n. Recently bought goods.
WordNet 3.0
- n. searching for or buying goods or services
- n. the commodities purchased from stores
Examples
“After Sun Microsystems patented the Internet ‘’shopping cart in 1998, and Amazon.com won a patent on one-click online shopping a year later, Internet entrepreneurs howled.”
“Dec. 18 / PRNewswire-HISPANIC PR WIRE / -- With only seven shopping days left until Christmas, and only eight percent of shoppers finished with their holiday shopping*, plenty of consumers will still be busy filling their holiday shopping baskets this year.”
“*starts shopping list for weekweekweekend shopping*”
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“While claims that bargain shopping is as good as sex are certainly debatable, these findings help to explain why people are prone to shopping sprees when down in the dumps.”
The Huffington Post: Dr. Yvonne K. Fulbright: Shopping For Sexual Arousal
“Whenever a producer and I travel out of Washington, D.C., to report a story for the show, we try to arrange what we call shopping opportunities.”
“The first payment you give will be substantial, because they'll be what we call shopping the job, bringing in all the materials.”
“She always -- her and I had what we called our shopping sprees, when we didn't know what else to do.”
“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?" he asked, stopping before a window full of fruit and flowers.”
“Now that's what we call a shopping win-win: stay in your slippers and earn points toward your next vacation.airmiles. ca.”
“As far as shopping is concerned, I suspect you would need a car or a taxi to go shopping since the city is pretty spread out.”
Lists
These user-created lists contain the word ‘shopping’.
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Test words
vacation, tourist, tourist office, travel, read, newspaper, book, magazine, television, music, radio, nightclub and 68 more...
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Basic English Vocabulary
Very basic words for ESL students.
a, abandon, ability, able, abortion, about, above, abroad, absence, absolute, absolutely, absorb and 4334 more...
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suzyg's Words
brandish, recompence, shopping, dichotomy, paradigm, reverse osmosis, anyway, despite, drunk, degenerate, insipid, grateful and 438 more...
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words my 19-month-old daughter says
We'll skip people's names.
basketball, light, railroad, mommy, daddy, up, hand, gate, walk, kitty, doggie, cat and 145 more...
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Diversified Obsessions
calendars, running, music, men, friends, motherhood, art, food, solitude, connection, drama, humor and 117 more...
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Bags baby, bags
Bags, bags, bags
They're very useful things
If we didn't have bags
What would we use
To put all our things in.backpack, satchel, haversack, shopping, messenger, calico, duffel, burlap sack, tea, handbag, briefcase, sleeping and 5 more...
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I like . . .
cameltoe, tryst, pistachio, aphrodisiac, atonement, velvet, caipirinha, riffraff, rhetoric, bassoon, soiree, leverage and 70 more...
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OM1 Lesson 10
mind, brought, would, shopping, crowded, glasses, sunglasses, watch, get, hairbrush, brush, comb and 10 more...
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things i like
activities, objects, people, food
friends, trying on dresses, agatha christie, clarinet, yaya dacosta, bangs, flirting, walking, gerunds, big band, antm, film soundtracks and 78 more...
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tanyalewis's list
All About Tanya
kyle, tanya, las vegas, bar exams, utah jazz, jetblue, diet coke, blogging, scrapbooking, rebel, mexico, attorney and 7 more...
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gymnastics12996's list
alexis's trapper
alexis, shopping, pink, hollister, abercrombie, lime green, sleep overs, friends, family, buckle, american eagle, victoria secret and 23 more...
Tweets
Looking for tweets for shopping.

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