Idioms for shop
Origin of shop
1250–1300; Middle English
shoppe (noun), Old English
sceoppa booth; akin to
scypen stall,
shippon, German
Schopf lean-to,
Schuppen shed
OTHER WORDS FROM shop
in·ter·shop, adjectiveWords nearby shop
British Dictionary definitions for talk shop
shop
/ (ʃɒp) /
noun
verb shops, shopping or shopped
(intr often foll by for)
to visit a shop or shops in search of (goods) with the intention of buying them
(tr) slang, mainly British
to inform on or betray, esp to the police
Word Origin for shop
Old English
sceoppa stall, booth; related to Old High German
scopf shed, Middle Dutch
schoppe stall
Idioms and Phrases with talk shop (1 of 2)
talk shop
Converse about one's business or profession, as in Whenever John and his dad get together, they talk shop. [Mid-1800s]
Idioms and Phrases with talk shop (2 of 2)
shop