shopping

Meanings

1. 1
   noun

   searching for or buying goods or services

   went shopping for a reliable plumber

2. 2
   noun

   the commodities purchased from stores

   I loaded my shopping into the car.

3. 3
   noun

   The process of buying goods or services, or searching for those suitable to buy.

   On Saturdays we usually do the shopping.

4. 4
   noun

   Recently bought goods.

   I carried three heavy bags of shopping up the stairs.

5. 5
   noun

   An area's combination of stores and other infrastructure and products available for people who want to shop.

   Boston has good shopping.

6. 6
   noun

   Placement in a workshop for overhaul.

   The five roller-bearing A1s are now averaging 120,000 miles between shopping; this figure is an improvement of about 50 per cent on the norm of other ex-L.N.E. Pacific types.

7. 7
   verb

   present participle and gerund of shop

Etymology

By surface analysis, shop + -ing.