- sceoppa
- m (-n/-n) booth
Old to modern English dictionary. 2013.
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Shop — Shop, n. [OE. shoppe, schoppe, AS. sceoppa a treasury, a storehouse, stall, booth; akin to scypen a shed, LG. schup a shed, G. schoppen, schuppen, a shed, a coachhouse, OHG. scopf.] 1. A building or an apartment in which goods, wares, drugs, etc … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
To smell of the shop — Shop Shop, n. [OE. shoppe, schoppe, AS. sceoppa a treasury, a storehouse, stall, booth; akin to scypen a shed, LG. schup a shed, G. schoppen, schuppen, a shed, a coachhouse, OHG. scopf.] 1. A building or an apartment in which goods, wares, drugs … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
To talk shop — Shop Shop, n. [OE. shoppe, schoppe, AS. sceoppa a treasury, a storehouse, stall, booth; akin to scypen a shed, LG. schup a shed, G. schoppen, schuppen, a shed, a coachhouse, OHG. scopf.] 1. A building or an apartment in which goods, wares, drugs … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
shop — I. noun Usage: often attributive Etymology: Middle English shoppe, from Old English sceoppa booth; akin to Old High German scopf shed Date: 14th century 1. a handicraft establishment ; atelier 2. a. a building or room stocked with merchandise for … New Collegiate Dictionary
shop — /shop/, n., v., shopped, shopping, interj. n. 1. a retail store, esp. a small one. 2. a small store or department in a large store selling a specific or select type of goods: the ski shop at Smith s. 3. the workshop of a craftsperson or artisan.… … Universalium
Shoppee — This rare and interesting name has two possible origins. The first being from Shopper, itself derived from the Olde English pre 7th Century Sceoppa though the Middle English Schoppe meaning a shop or shed, thus denoting a Shopkeeper.… … Surnames reference
shop — shop1 W1S1 [ʃɔp US ʃa:p] n ▬▬▬▬▬▬▬ 1¦(place where you buy things)¦ 2¦(place which makes/repairs things)¦ 3¦(school subject)¦ 4 set up shop 5 shut up shop 6 talk shop 7 all over the shop 8¦(go shopping)¦ ▬▬▬▬▬▬▬ [: Old English; Origin … Dictionary of contemporary English
shop — [13] The word shop had humble beginnings. It goes back to a prehistoric Germanic *skoppan, which denoted a small additional structure, such as a lean to shed or a porch. There is one isolated example of an Old English descendant of this – sceoppa … The Hutchinson dictionary of word origins
shop — [[t]ʃɒp[/t]] n. v. shopped, shop•ping 1) a retail store, esp. a small one 2) a small store or department in a large store selling a specific or select type of goods 3) bui the workshop of an artisan 4) bui a place for doing specific, skilled… … From formal English to slang
shop — /ʃɒp / (say shop) noun 1. a building where goods are sold retail. 2. a place for doing certain work; a workshop. 3. an act of shopping for goods: we do a big weekly shop. –verb (shopped, shopping) –verb (i) 4. to visit shops for purchasing or… …
