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shopping

shopping

2 1.0
Things you buy from shops
  • noun
  • /ˈʃɑːpɪŋ/
  • UK
: compras
  • Three women came in carrying shopping bags, arguing in low voices.

Feet for my Sainsbury's shopping which I spend a fortune on every week.

Examples

  • Anyone seen the shopping bag?

    The End We Start From (2023)

  • The shopping bags were overflowing with fresh produce and bakery items from the market.

  • I do the week's shopping, change my library book, have lunch and generally go to the pictures.

    Brief Encounter (1945)

  • Look at you with your shopping bags!

    Play Dirty (2025)

  • Next to him is an old lady with a lot of shopping bags.

    Fiction book (1993)

  • You need a shopping cart to get home.

    Halloween (1978)

  • We do all our shopping at the army commissary.

    Judgment at Nuremberg (1961)

  • As Joe comes into the room, Jill rises to take the shopping bags from him.

    Fiction book (1993)

  • In one hand, she carried a pink plastic shopping bag crammed full of clothing.

    Fiction book (1995)

  • By the time he left Aunt Mamie's house, he had two shopping bags full of pies and piki bread.

    Fiction book (1990)

Synonyms

merchandise
vsshopping
174 3.1

Items sold to people, like T-shirts and posters

are items already bought and owned rather than goods offered for sale

Compounds

shopping mall
  • US
65 1.0

A large building or outdoor area with many shops and restaurants

shopping center
  • US
47 1.6

A large building with many shops and places to eat

shopping cart
  • US
31 1.0

A large basket on wheels used in shops to carry items while you shop

shopping spree
26 3.4

A short time when someone buys many things quickly and spends a lot of money

shopping list
24 1.0

A list of things to buy

shopping bag
23 1.0

A bag, usually plastic or thick paper with handles, used to carry things after shopping

online shopping
  • Texting
16 1.6

Buying goods or services on the internet

shopping cart
  • Texting
4 1.6

An online list on a website or app where you put items to buy

shopping basket
1 1.0

A small container with a handle used to carry items while you shop in a store

shopping needs
1 1.0

A list of things you want or must buy

shopping and dining
1 1.3

Going to shops and restaurants to buy things and eat for fun

shopping basket
  • UK
1 2.7

A space on a website or app where you keep items you plan to buy before you pay

shopping mall
  • Texting
1 3.0

A website where many shops sell things in one place

shopping bag
  • Texting
1 2.5

A place on a store website or app where you save items before buying them

How Much

haul
23 3.3
shopping
  • UK
2 1.0
purchase
348 1.1

Surface Forms

shopping singular
shoppings plural

Morphology

shopping = shop (semi-transparent) = shop + ing

Formed from 'shop' + '-ing' but the sense shifts by metonymy from the activity to the resulting goods (purchases), so the relation is related but slightly indirect.

Etymology

Shopping comes from shop 'a place to buy' plus -ing, and it also came to mean the things you have bought, like the items in your 'shopping bag', because people often use the same word for the trip and the goods. So, when someone says 'I put the shopping on the table', they mean the bags or packages you bought.