to mall

Examples

• All

• Camping out, going to the mall, What else, man?

• Orlean stares out the window as they follow Laroche down a strip-malled highway.

  Fiction book (2002)

• On weekends, many teenagers enjoy mall hopping with their friends to shop and socialize.

• She decided to mall today instead of going to the gym, enjoying the exercise while browsing the stores.

• After school, they would often mall for a few hours before heading home.

Synonyms

S

to shop

vsto mall

646 1.0

To visit stores to buy things

is about spending leisure time at a large indoor retail complex not general buying

H

to hit the shops

vsto mall

• UK

1 2.7

To go shopping at several stores

is more about spending leisure time at a large indoor retail complex

Antonyms

L

to leave

∞ 1.0

To go away from a place, person, or group

A

to avoid

∞ 1.0

To stay away from something or not do it to stop something bad from happening

Compounds

S

shopping mall

• US

65 1.0

A large building or outdoor area with many shops and restaurants

S

strip mall

• US

23 3.0

A row of stores and restaurants with a parking lot in front along a busy road

P

Pall Mall

1 8.1

A street in central London with old private clubs and elegant buildings

S

shopping mall

• Texting

1 3.0

A website where many shops sell things in one place

M

mall ninja

• Offensive

1 9.9

A person who acts like a trained fighter to show off in stores or online

P

pall-mall

• Archaic

1 9.9

An old lawn game where people hit a wooden ball with a mallet along an alley

How Often

to hang out

• Informal

∞ 2.4

to mall

• Informal

1 7.9

to visit

∞ 1.0

to drop in

• Informal

93 3.6

Surface Forms

Etymology