shopping | (noun) searching for or buying goods or services | - |
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(noun) the commodities purchased from stores | - |
shopwalker | (noun) an employee of a retail store who supervises sales personnel and helps with customer problems | Synonyms: floorwalker |
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shopwindow | (noun) a window of a store facing onto the street; used to display merchandise for sale in the store | Synonyms: display window, shop window, show window |
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shore | (noun) a beam or timber that is propped against a structure to provide support | Synonyms: shoring |
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(noun) the land along the edge of a body of water | - |
shorebird | (noun) any of numerous wading birds that frequent mostly seashores and estuaries | Synonyms: limicoline bird, shore bird |
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shoreline | (noun) a boundary line between land and water | - |
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shoring | (noun) the act of propping up with shores | Synonyms: propping up, shoring up |
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(noun) a beam or timber that is propped against a structure to provide support | Synonyms: shore |
short | (noun) the fielding position of the player on a baseball team who is stationed between second and third base | Synonyms: shortstop |
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(noun) the location on a baseball field where the shortstop is stationed | - |
(noun) accidental contact between two points in an electric circuit that have a potential difference | Synonyms: short circuit |
shortage | (noun) the property of being an amount by which something is less than expected or required | Synonyms: deficit, shortfall |
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(noun) an acute insufficiency | Synonyms: dearth, famine |
shortbread | (noun) very rich thick butter cookie | Synonyms: shortbread cookie |
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shortcake | (noun) very short biscuit dough baked as individual biscuits or a round loaf; served with sweetened fruit and usually whipped cream | - |
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shortcoming | (noun) a failing or deficiency | Synonyms: defect |
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shortcut | (noun) a route shorter than the usual one | Synonyms: crosscut, cutoff |
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shortener | (noun) any agent that shortens | - |
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shortening | (noun) act of decreasing in length | - |
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(noun) fat such as butter or lard used in baked goods | - |
shortfall | (noun) the property of being an amount by which something is less than expected or required | Synonyms: deficit, shortage |
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shortgrass | (noun) any of various grasses that are short and can tolerate drought conditions; common on the dry upland plains just east of the Rocky Mountains | Synonyms: short-grass |
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shorthand | (noun) a method of writing rapidly using an abbreviated symbolic system | Synonyms: stenography, tachygraphy |
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shorthorn | (noun) English breed of short-horned cattle | Synonyms: Durham |
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shortia | (noun) any plant of the genus Shortia; evergreen perennial herbs with smooth leathery basal leaves and showy white solitary flowers | - |
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shortlist | (noun) a list of applicants winnowed from a longer list who have been deemed suitable and from which the successful person will be chosen | Synonyms: short list |
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shortness | (noun) an abrupt discourteous manner | Synonyms: abruptness, brusqueness, curtness, gruffness |
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(noun) the property of being shorter than average stature | - |
(noun) the property of being of short temporal extent | - |
(noun) the property of being of short spatial extent | - |
(noun) the property of being truncated or short | Synonyms: truncation |
(noun) the condition of being short of something | - |
shorts | (noun) (used in the plural) trousers that end at or above the knee | Synonyms: short pants, trunks |
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(noun) underpants worn by men | Synonyms: boxers, boxershorts, drawers, underdrawers |
shortsightedness | (noun) a lack of prudence and care by someone in the management of resources | Synonyms: improvidence |
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(noun) (ophthalmology) eyesight abnormality resulting from the eye's faulty refractive ability; distant objects appear blurred | Synonyms: myopia, nearsightedness |
shortstop | (noun) the fielding position of the player on a baseball team who is stationed between second and third base | Synonyms: short |
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(noun) (baseball) the person who plays the shortstop position | - |
shot | (noun) the act of firing a projectile | Synonyms: shooting |
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(noun) the act of putting a liquid into the body by means of a syringe | Synonyms: injection |
(noun) informal words for any attempt or effort | Synonyms: stab |
(noun) (sports) the act of swinging or striking at a ball with a club or racket or bat or cue or hand | Synonyms: stroke |
(noun) the launching of a missile or spacecraft to a specified destination | Synonyms: blastoff |
(noun) an attempt to score in a game | - |
(noun) a blow hard enough to cause injury | - |
(noun) throwing the basketball toward the hoop | Synonyms: basketball shot |
(noun) a solid missile discharged from a firearm | Synonyms: pellet |
(noun) an informal photograph; usually made with a small hand-held camera | Synonyms: snap, snapshot |
(noun) an explosive charge used in blasting | - |
(noun) sports equipment consisting of a heavy metal ball used in the shot put | - |
(noun) an estimate based on little or no information | Synonyms: dead reckoning, guess, guessing, guesswork |
(noun) an aggressive remark directed at a person like a missile and intended to have a telling effect | Synonyms: barb, dig, gibe, jibe, shaft, slam |
(noun) a consecutive series of pictures that constitutes a unit of action in a film | Synonyms: scene |
(noun) a person who shoots (usually with respect to their ability to shoot) | Synonyms: shooter |
(noun) a small drink of liquor | Synonyms: nip |
(noun) a chance to do something | Synonyms: crack |
shote | (noun) a young pig | Synonyms: piggy, piglet, shoat |
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shotgun | (noun) firearm that is a double-barreled smoothbore shoulder weapon for firing shot at short ranges | Synonyms: scattergun |
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shoulder | (noun) a narrow edge of land (usually unpaved) along the side of a road | Synonyms: berm |
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(noun) the part of a garment that covers or fits over the shoulder | - |
(noun) the part of the body between the neck and the upper arm | - |
(noun) a ball-and-socket joint between the head of the humerus and a cavity of the scapula | Synonyms: articulatio humeri, shoulder joint |
(noun) a cut of meat including the upper joint of the foreleg | - |
shout | (noun) a loud utterance; often in protest or opposition | Synonyms: call, cry, outcry, vociferation, yell |
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shouter | (noun) someone who communicates vocally in a very loud voice | Synonyms: bawler, bellower, roarer, screamer, screecher, yeller |
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shouting | (noun) encouragement in the form of cheers from spectators | Synonyms: cheering |
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(noun) uttering a loud inarticulate cry as of pain or excitement | Synonyms: yelling |
shove | (noun) the act of shoving (giving a push to someone or something) | - |
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shovel | (noun) a hand tool for lifting loose material; consists of a curved container or scoop and a handle | - |
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(noun) a fire iron consisting of a small shovel used to scoop coals or ashes in a fireplace | - |
(noun) a machine for excavating | Synonyms: digger, excavator, power shovel |
(noun) the quantity a shovel can hold | Synonyms: shovelful, spadeful |
shovelboard | (noun) a game in which players use long sticks to shove wooden disks onto the scoring area marked on a smooth surface | Synonyms: shuffleboard |
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shoveler | (noun) freshwater duck of the Northern Hemisphere having a broad flat bill | Synonyms: Anas clypeata, broadbill, shoveller |
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(noun) a worker who shovels | Synonyms: shoveller |
shovelful | (noun) the quantity a shovel can hold | Synonyms: shovel, spadeful |
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shovelhead | (noun) small harmless hammerhead having a spade-shaped head; abundant in bays and estuaries | Synonyms: bonnet shark, bonnethead, Sphyrna tiburo |
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shoveller | (noun) freshwater duck of the Northern Hemisphere having a broad flat bill | Synonyms: Anas clypeata, broadbill, shoveler |
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(noun) a worker who shovels | Synonyms: shoveler |
shover | (noun) someone who pushes | Synonyms: pusher |
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show | (noun) an act or social event involving a public performance or entertainment | - |
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(noun) pretending that something is the case in order to make a good impression | Synonyms: appearance |
(noun) something intended to communicate a particular impression | Synonyms: display |
showboat | (noun) a river steamboat on which theatrical performances could be given (especially on the Mississippi River) | - |
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showboy | (noun) a man who dances in a chorus line | - |
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showcase | (noun) a glass container used to store and display items in a shop or museum or home | Synonyms: case, display case, vitrine |
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(noun) a setting in which something can be displayed to best effect | Synonyms: show window |
showdown | (noun) a hostile disagreement face-to-face | Synonyms: confrontation, encounter, face-off |
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shower | (noun) washing yourself by standing upright under water sprayed from a nozzle | Synonyms: shower bath |
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(noun) a plumbing fixture that sprays water over you | - |
(noun) a sudden downpour (as of tears or sparks etc) likened to a rain shower | Synonyms: cascade |
(noun) a party of friends assembled to present gifts (usually of a specified kind) to a person | - |
(noun) a brief period of precipitation | Synonyms: rain shower |
(noun) someone who organizes an exhibit for others to see | Synonyms: exhibitioner, exhibitor |
showerhead | (noun) a perforated nozzle that showers water on a bather | - |
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showgirl | (noun) a woman who dances in a chorus line | Synonyms: chorine, chorus girl |
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showiness | (noun) extravagant elaborateness | Synonyms: flamboyance, floridity, floridness |
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showing | (noun) something shown to the public | Synonyms: display, exhibit |
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(noun) the display of a motion picture | Synonyms: screening, viewing |
showjumping | (noun) riding horses in competitions over set courses to demonstrate skill in jumping over obstacles | Synonyms: stadium jumping |
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showman | (noun) a sponsor who books and stages public entertainments | Synonyms: impresario, promoter |
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(noun) a person skilled at making effective presentations | - |
showmanship | (noun) the ability to present something (especially theatrical shows) in an attractive manner | - |
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showpiece | (noun) the outstanding item (the prize piece or main exhibit) in a collection | Synonyms: collector's item, piece de resistance |
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showplace | (noun) a place that is frequently exhibited and visited for its historical interest or natural beauty | - |
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showroom | (noun) an area where merchandise (such as cars) can be displayed | Synonyms: saleroom, salesroom |
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showstopper | (noun) something that is strikingly attractive or has great popular appeal | Synonyms: show-stopper |
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(noun) an act so striking or impressive that the show must be delayed until the audience quiets down | Synonyms: show-stopper, stopper |
showtime | (noun) the time at which something is supposed to begin | Synonyms: beginning, commencement, first, get-go, kickoff, offset, outset, start, starting time |
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sideshow | (noun) a minor show that is part of a larger one (as at the circus) | - |
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(noun) a subordinate incident of little importance relative to the main event | - |
slapshot | (noun) a fast shot made with a short powerful swing of the hockey stick | - |
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slingshot | (noun) a plaything consisting of a Y-shaped stick with elastic between the arms; used to propel small stones | Synonyms: catapult, sling |
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slopshop | (noun) a store that sells cheap ready-made clothing | Synonyms: slopseller's shop |
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snapshot | (noun) an informal photograph; usually made with a small hand-held camera | Synonyms: shot, snap |
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snowshoe | (noun) a device to help you walk on deep snow; a lightweight frame shaped like a racquet is strengthened with cross pieces and contains a network of thongs; one is worn on each foot | - |
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sweatshop | (noun) factory where workers do piecework for poor pay and are prevented from forming unions; common in the clothing industry | - |
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teashop | (noun) a restaurant where tea and light meals are available | Synonyms: tea parlor, tea parlour, teahouse, tearoom |
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threshold | (noun) the sill of a door; a horizontal piece of wood or stone that forms the bottom of a doorway and offers support when passing through a doorway | Synonyms: doorsill, doorstep |
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(noun) the entrance (the space in a wall) through which you enter or leave a room or building; the space that a door can close | Synonyms: door, doorway, room access |
(noun) the smallest detectable sensation | Synonyms: limen |
(noun) a region marking a boundary | Synonyms: brink, verge |
(noun) the starting point for a new state or experience | - |
thriftshop | (noun) a shop that sells secondhand goods at reduced prices | Synonyms: second-hand store |
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thundershower | (noun) a short rainstorm accompanied by thunder and lightning | - |
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toyshop | (noun) shop where toys are sold | - |
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trapshooter | (noun) a person who engages in shooting at clay pigeons that are hurled into the air by a trap | - |
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trapshooting | (noun) the sport of shooting at clay pigeons that are hurled upward in such a way as to simulate the flight of a bird | Synonyms: skeet, skeet shooting |
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troubleshooter | (noun) a worker whose job is to locate and fix sources of trouble (especially in mechanical devices) | Synonyms: trouble shooter |
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upshot | (noun) a phenomenon that follows and is caused by some previous phenomenon | Synonyms: consequence, effect, event, issue, outcome, result |
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washout | (noun) someone who is unsuccessful | Synonyms: dud, flop |
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(noun) the erosive process of washing away soil or gravel by water (as from a roadway) | Synonyms: wash |
(noun) the channel or break produced by erosion of relatively soft soil by water | - |
workshop | (noun) a brief intensive course for a small group; emphasizes problem solving | - |
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(noun) small workplace where handcrafts or manufacturing are done | Synonyms: shop |