A Quick and Simple Dictionary

shop

1. Noun.  An establishment that sells goods or services to the public; originally a physical location, but now a virtual establishment as well.
2. Noun.  A place where things are crafted; a workshop or hobbyshop.
3. Noun.  An automobile mechanic's workplace.
4. Noun.  Workplace; office. Used mainly in expressions such as ''shop talk'', ''closed shop'' and ''shop floor''.
5. Noun.  Short for ''wood shop'' or ''metal shop'', classes taught typically in junior high school, teaching vocational skill.
6. Noun.  In information technology, describes the programming languages or software an organisation uses, usually exclusively; "our company is mostly a Java shop".
7. Noun.  An act of shopping, especially routine shopping for food and other domestic supplies.
8. Verb.  (intransitive) To visit shops; to look around shops with the intention of buying something.
9. Verb.  (transitive) To report or "grass up" the criminal or otherwise wrong activities or whereabouts of (a suspect) to an authority.
10. Verb.  (transitive, internet slang) Shorthand for ''photoshop''; to digitally edit a picture or photograph.
11. Interjection.  Used to attract the services of a shop assistant.