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to mall

to mall

1 7.9
To spend time in a shopping center to shop or meet friends
  • verb
  • /mɔl/
  • Informal
translation icon : ir al centro comercial

Examples

  • 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

to shop
vsto mall
557 1.0

To visit stores to buy things

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

1.0

To go away from a place, person, or group

1.0

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

Compounds

62 1.0

A large building or outdoor area with many shops and restaurants

20 3.0

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

shopping mall
  • Texting
1 3.0

A website where many shops sell things in one place

mall ninja
  • Offensive
9.9

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

8.1

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

pall-mall
  • Archaic
9.9

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

How Often

to hang out
  • Informal
946 2.4
to mall
  • Informal
1 7.9
to visit
1.0
to drop in
  • Informal
72 3.6

Surface Forms

mall infinitive
malled past
malled past participle
malling present participle
malls third person singular

Etymology

The verb mall comes from the noun mall and is an informal way to say 'go to a shopping mall' or to spend time there shopping or hanging out.