shopping meaning

• Noun: shopping  shóping
  1. Searching for or buying goods or services
     "went shopping for a reliable plumber"; "does her shopping at the mall rather than down town" 
  2. The commodities purchased from stores
     "she loaded her shopping into the car"
  Verb: shop (shopped,shopping)  shóp
  1. Do one's shopping
     "She goes shopping every Friday" 
  2. Do one's shopping at; do business with; be a customer or client of
     - patronize, patronise [Brit], shop at, buy at, frequent, sponsor 
  3. Shop around; not necessarily buying
     - browse 
  4. Give away information about somebody
     - denounce, tell on, betray, give away, rat, grass, snitch, stag

  Derived forms: shoppings

  See also: shopper

  Type of: back up, buying, commodity, good, inform, look for, obtain, purchasing, search, seek, support, trade good

  Encyclopedia: Shop

  Shopping

• 
  [British slang]
  Noun. 1. A euphemism for illicit drugs as brought from a drug dealer.
  2. Shoplifting. [Criminal use]
  
• 
  [Business]
  AmE / noun [U]

  HOME SHOPPING, WINDOW-SHOPPING

  1

  the activity of going to shops/stores and buying things:

  to go shopping

  to go on a shopping trip

  ◆ (BrE) to do the/your shopping

  This is the busiest shopping period of the year.

  Click on the link to change or delete an item from your shopping cart.

  Retailers had a disappointing holiday shopping season.

  a shopping bag/basket/cart/trolley catalogue/Internet/online shopping

  ◆ a shopping expedition/spree/trip

  2 (especially BrE)

  the things that you have bought from shops/stores:

  to put your shopping away

• 
  [Finance]
  Seeking to obtain the best bid or offer available by calling a number of dealers and/or brokers.

• forum shopping:    [Law]The practice ...
• home shopping:     noun  B ...
• opinion shopping:    [Finance]Attempts ...

Examples

1. we usually do our shopping at the weekend.
2. she went shopping and bought quite a few things.
3. i always do the shopping on a monday.
4. i have to go shopping this afternoon.
5. mother has gone out to do some shopping.