[W/K] :: shopping

  Shop \Shop\, v. i. [imp. & p. p. Shopped; p. pr. & vb. n.
     Shopping.]
     To visit shops for the purpose of purchasing goods.
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           He was engaged with his mother and some ladies to go
           shopping.                                --Byron.
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  shop
       n 1: a mercantile establishment for the retail sale of goods or
            services; "he bought it at a shop on Cape Cod" [syn: store]
       2: small workplace where handcrafts or manufacturing are done
          [syn: workshop]
       3: a course of instruction in a trade (as carpentry or
          electricity); "I built a birdhouse in shop" [syn: shop
          class]
       v 1: do one's shopping; "She goes shopping every Friday"
       2: do one's shopping at; do business with; be a customer or
          client of [syn: patronize, patronise, shop at, buy
          at, frequent, sponsor] [ant: boycott, boycott]
       3: shop around; not necessarily buying; "I don't need help, I'm
          just browsing" [syn: browse]
       4: give away information about somebody; "He told on his
          classmate who had cheated on the exam" [syn: denounce, tell
          on, betray, give away, rat, grass, shit, snitch,
           stag]
       [also: shopping, shopped]

  shopping
       n : searching for or buying goods or services; "went shopping
           for a reliable plumber"; "does her shopping at the mall
           rather than down town"

  shopping
       See shop

  24 Moby Thesaurus words for "shopping":
     buy, buying, buying power, buying up, catalog buying, coemption,
     consumer power, consumer sovereignty, consumerism, cornering,
     emption, hire purchase, impulse buying, installment buying,
     mail-order buying, marketing, money illusion, purchase, purchasing,
     purchasing power, rebuying, repurchase, shopping spree,
     window-shopping