shopping

shop-ping · noun

imported

Definitions

noun

  1. 1.

    (noun) The activity of buying goods from stores.

  2. 2.

    (noun) Goods bought from stores, especially food and household items.

  3. 3.

    (verb, present participle of shop) Visiting stores to buy goods.

Related words

Antonyms: selling
See also: buy, shop, store
Synonyms: buying, purchasing

Etymology

From shop (Old English sceoppa, meaning "booth, stall") + -ing (present participle/gerund suffix). The noun use of the gerund to mean "the activity of buying" or "goods purchased" developed naturally from the verbal sense.