Hypertext Webster Gateway: "shopping"
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
Shop \Shop\, v. i. [imp. & p. p. {Shopped}; p. pr. & vb. n.
{Shopping}.]
To visit shops for the purpose of purchasing goods.
He was engaged with his mother and some ladies to go
shopping. --Byron.
From WordNet (r) 1.7 (wn)
shopping
n : searching for or buying goods or services: "went shopping
for a reliable plumber"; "does her shopping at the mall
rather than down town"
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