shop imp. of Shape. Shaped.(Chaucer.)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., are sold by retail.()From shop to shop
Wandering, and littering with unfolded silks
The polished counter. (Cowper.)2. A building in which mechanics or artisans work; as, a shoe shop; a car shop.()A tailor called me in his shop. (Shak.)3. A person's occupation, business, profession, or the like, as a subject of attention, interest, conversation, etc.; -- sometimes in deprecation or disapproval; as, to talk shop at a party. Also used attributively, as in shop talk.()4. (Slang) A place where any industry is carried on; as, a chemist's shop;()5. Any place of resort, as one's house, a restaurant, etc.()6. the group of workers and the activities controlled by an administrator; as, to have five people in one's shop.()()To smell of the shop, to indicate too distinctively one's occupation or profession. -- To talk shop, to make one's business the topic of social conversation; also, to use the phrases peculiar to one's employment. [Colloq.]()()v. i. To visit shops for the purpose of purchasing goods.()He was engaged with his mother and some ladies to go shopping. (Byron.)