<B>shooting box,</B><DL COMPACT><DD> (Especially British.) a small house used by hunters during the shooting season; hunting lodge. </DL>
<A NAME="shootingbrake">
<B>shooting brake,</B><DL COMPACT><DD> (British.) a station wagon. </DL>
<A NAME="shootinggallery">
<B>shooting gallery,</B><DL COMPACT><DD><B> 1. </B>a long room or a deep booth fitted with targets for practice in shooting. <DD><B> 2. </B>(U.S. Slang.) a place where narcotic addicts meet to inject themselves with heroin or other drugs. </DL>
<A NAME="shootingiron">
<B>shooting iron,</B><DL COMPACT><DD> (Informal.) a gun, especially a rifle or pistol; firearm. <BR> <I>Ex. What he called "shooting irons" were his weapons (Joseph Conrad).</I> </DL>
<A NAME="shootinglodge">
<B>shooting lodge,</B><DL COMPACT><DD> (British.) a shooting box; hunting lodge. </DL>
<A NAME="shootingscript">
<B>shooting script,</B><DL COMPACT><DD> a motion-picture or television script indicating the order or sequence of camera shots. </DL>
<A NAME="shootingstar">
<B>shooting star,</B><DL COMPACT><DD><B> 1. </B>a meteor resembling a star seen falling or darting through the sky at night. <BR> <I>Ex. A knowledge of the constellations is a great help in reporting these shooting stars (Bernhard, Bennett, and Rice).</I> <DD><B> 2. </B>a North American perennial herb of the primrose family with a cluster of nodding, rose, purple, or white flowers whose petals and sepals turn backward. </DL>
<A NAME="shootingstick">
<B>shooting stick,</B><DL COMPACT><DD><B> 1. </B>an implement used by printers to tighten or loosen the quoins in a chase by striking with a mallet. <DD><B> 2. </B>a walking stick with a small, hinged seat. <BR> <I>Ex. The Oklahoma oil broker rested on a shooting stick between each stroke (Time).</I> </DL>
<A NAME="shootingwar">
<B>shooting war,</B><DL COMPACT><DD> a war in which military weapons are used; hot war. </DL>
<A NAME="shootoff">
<B>shoot-off, </B>noun.<DL COMPACT><DD> a supplementary contest to decide a tie in a shooting match or contest. </DL>
<A NAME="shootout">
<B>shoot-out, </B>noun.<DL COMPACT><DD> (U.S. Informal.) a duel with guns; gunfight. </DL>
<B>shoot-up, </B>noun.<DL COMPACT><DD> (Slang.) the act of shooting up a drug. <BR> <I>Ex. But the most dramatic technique is the "shoot-up" where the more serious addicts inject themselves or each other with a nausea-producing liquid (Time).</I> </DL>
<A NAME="shop">
<B>shop, </B>noun, verb, <B>shopped,</B> <B>shopping.</B><DL COMPACT><DD><I>noun </I> <B>1. </B>a place where things are sold at retail; store, especially one dealing in a single type or limited range of commodities. <BR> <I>Ex. a small dress shop.</I> <DD><B> 2. </B>a place where things are made or repaired; workshop. <BR> <I>Ex. He works in a carpenter's shop.</I> <DD><B> 3. </B>a place where a certain kind of work is done. <BR> <I>Ex. tailor's shop.</I> <DD><B> 4a. </B>a course given in schools in certain trades, such as carpentry and metalwork. <DD><B> b. </B>the classroom for such a course. <DD><B> 5. </B>(Informal.) a person's place of business or occupation. <DD><B> 6. </B>(British Slang.) an engagement or job in the theatrical business. <BR> <I>Ex. You'll be able to get me a shop! If Ross takes the piece ... (Leonard Merrick).</I> <DD><I>v.i. </I> to visit stores to look at or to buy things. <BR> <I>Ex. We shopped all morning for a coat. I thought Joan was going with you, and that you would be shopping (Benjamin Disraeli).</I> <DD><I>v.t. </I> <B>1. </B>to visit (a store or stores) to examine merchandise or compare prices, especially as a shopper. <DD><B> 2. </B>to do one's shopping in. <BR> <I>Ex. In older times most people shopped the general store.</I> <DD><B> 3. </B>(U.S. Slang.) to dismiss from a job or position. <DD><B> 4. </B>(British Slang.) <DD><B> a. </B>to give a job to, especially in the theatrical business. <BR> <I>Ex. I can't shop everybody; there aren't enough parts to go around (Leonard Merrick).</I> <DD><B> b. </B>to shut up or cause to be shut up in prison. <BR><I>expr. <B>set up shop,</B> <DD><B> a. </B>to start work or business. </I> <I>Ex. Every morning the fruit and vegetable man sets up shop at the corner.</I> <DD><B> b. </B>to start a business. <BR> <I>Ex. He set up shop in the fur trade.</I> <BR><I>expr. <B>shop around,</B> </I>(U.S.) to make a search; try to find and acquire something. <BR> <I>Ex. to shop around for an apartment. People aren't shopping around for jobs the way they used to (Wall Street Journal).</I> <BR><I>expr. <B>shut up shop,</B> <DD><B> a. </B>to end work or business. </I> <I>Ex. The grocer shuts up shop at six.</I> <DD><B> b. </B>to give up work or business. <BR> <I>Ex. With another loss as large as this one, we will have to shut up shop.</I> <BR><I>expr. <B>talk shop,</B> </I>to talk about one's work or occupation. <BR> <I>Ex. There is a coffee break in the afternoon, or tea in the library, when the associates gather with the partners and talk shop (Harper's).</I> </DL>
<A NAME="shopassistant">
<B>shop assistant,</B><DL COMPACT><DD> (British.) a salesclerk; salesman or saleswoman. </DL>
<A NAME="shopbreaking">
<B>shopbreaking, </B>noun.<DL COMPACT><DD> the act of breaking into and entering a store to steal or commit some other crime. </DL>
<A NAME="shopcraft">
<B>shopcraft, </B>noun.<DL COMPACT><DD> the occupation or skill of a shopworker. </DL>
<A NAME="shopcraftunion">
<B>shopcraft union,</B><DL COMPACT><DD> a craft union of shopworkers. </DL>
<A NAME="shopevirus">
<B>Shope virus,</B><DL COMPACT><DD> a virus which causes papillomas. </DL>
<A NAME="shopfront">
<B>shopfront, </B>noun.<DL COMPACT><DD> the front or front room of a store. </DL>
<A NAME="shopgirl">
<B>shopgirl, </B>noun.<DL COMPACT><DD> a girl who works in a shop or store. </DL>
<A NAME="shophar">
<B>shophar, </B>noun, pl. <B>shophroth,</B> <B>shophars.</B> =shofar.</DL>
<A NAME="shopkeeper">
<B>shopkeeper, </B>noun.<DL COMPACT><DD> a person who owns or manages a shop or store. </DL>
<A NAME="shopkeeping">
<B>shopkeeping, </B>noun.<DL COMPACT><DD> the keeping of a shop; business of a shopkeeper. </DL>
<A NAME="shoplift">
<B>shoplift, </B>transitive verb, intransitive verb.<DL COMPACT><DD> to steal goods from a store while pretending to be a customer. </DL>
<A NAME="shoplifter">
<B>shoplifter, </B>noun.<DL COMPACT><DD> a person who steals goods from a shop or store while pretending to be a customer. </DL>
<A NAME="shoplifting">
<B>shoplifting, </B>noun.<DL COMPACT><DD> the act of stealing goods from a store while pretending to be a customer. <BR> <I>Ex. From shoplifting and petty thievery, the addict quickly graduates to major crimes (New York Times).</I> </DL>
<A NAME="shopman">
<B>shopman, </B>noun, pl. <B>-men.</B><DL COMPACT><DD><B> 1. </B><B>=shopkeeper.</B> <DD><B> 2. </B>(Especially British.) a salesman in a shop. </DL>
<A NAME="shoppe">
<B>shoppe, </B>noun. <B>=shop,</B> especially a small specialty shop. <I>Ex. His ferryboat was beached ... and turned into a gift shoppe (Time).</I> </DL>
<A NAME="shopper">
<B>shopper, </B>noun.<DL COMPACT><DD><B> 1. </B>a person who visits stores to look at or buy things. <BR> <I>Ex. bargain basement shoppers (Newsweek).</I> <DD><B> 2. </B>a person hired to buy goods at retail for another, especially one hired by a retail store to buy items from competitors in order to compare prices or quality of merchandise. <DD><B> 3. </B>(U.S.) a newspaper filled with advertisements for local shops and businesses, freely distributed to attract customers. </DL>
<A NAME="shopping">
<B>shopping, </B>noun.<DL COMPACT><DD><B> 1. </B>the act of visiting stores to look at or buy things. <BR> <I>Ex. The family does their shopping on Saturdays.</I> <DD><B> 2. </B>the act of deceptively promoting or selling an idea or scheme. <BR> <I>Ex. A powerful, if largely unknown insurance company may have attempted to avoid paying claims on a policy by shopping what now looks to be a false story to the media (New York Magazine).</I> <BR><I>expr. <B>go shopping,</B> </I>to go to a store or stores in order to buy. <BR> <I>Ex. We go shopping every Thursday at the shopping center.</I> </DL>
<A NAME="shoppingbag">
<B>shopping bag,</B><DL COMPACT><DD> a bag with handles for carrying packages obtained while shopping. </DL>
<A NAME="shoppingbaglady">
<B>shopping bag lady,</B><DL COMPACT><DD> (U.S.) a vagrant, homeless, and often elderly woman who roams a city carrying her possessions in a shopping bag or bags. <BR> <I>Ex. On a nearby bench, apparently keeping an intermittent vigil, were two shopping-bag ladies ... endeavoring to fix the mechanism of a rusty, skeletal umbrella (Harper's).</I> </DL>
<A NAME="shoppingcart">
<B>shopping cart,</B><DL COMPACT><DD> a small, four-wheeled cart, used by customers in a supermarket or other self-service store to carry goods from the shelves to the clerk at the cash register or checkout counter. </DL>
<A NAME="shoppingcenter">
<B>shopping center,</B><DL COMPACT><DD> a group of retail stores and shops, especially in a suburban or new community. Most shopping centers have large areas for parking automobiles. </DL>
<A NAME="shoppinglist">
<B>shopping list,</B><DL COMPACT><DD> a list of items to be bought. <BR> <I>Ex. Ground-to-air missiles were on the "shopping list" of defence equipment (London Times).</I> </DL>
<A NAME="shoppingmall">
<B>shopping mall,</B><DL COMPACT><DD> an area of retail stores and shops, sometimes with shaded walks, where people can shop around without hindrance by vehicular traffic. </DL>
<A NAME="shoppy">
<B>shoppy, </B>adjective.<DL COMPACT><DD><B> 1. </B>having to do with or characteristic of shops. <DD><B> 2. </B>consisting of many shops. <DD><B> 3. </B>having to do with a person's interest, as in his occupation, hobby, or trade; talking shop. </DL>
<B>shop steward,</B><DL COMPACT><DD> a union worker in a factory or company elected by fellow workers to represent them in dealing with management and maintaining union regulations. </DL>
<A NAME="shoptalk">
<B>shoptalk, </B>noun.<DL COMPACT><DD><B> 1. </B>talk about one's work or occupation, especially outside of working hours; talking shop. <BR> <I>Ex. Mere shoptalk, while of course it is heard, is not encouraged or admired for its own sake (New York Times).</I> <DD><B> 2. </B>the informal language of an occupation. <BR> <I>Ex. the shoptalk of lawyers, the shoptalk of actors.</I> </DL>
<A NAME="shopwalker">
<B>shopwalker, </B>noun.<DL COMPACT><DD> (Especially British.) a floorwalker. </DL>
