Skate Definition–noun | 3. | the blade of an ice skate. | | 4. | a skid on a lifeboat to facilitate launching from a listing ship. | –verb (used without object) | 5. | to glide or propel oneself over ice, the ground, etc., on skates. | | 6. | to glide or slide smoothly along. | | 7. | Slang. to shirk one's duty; loaf. | | 8. | (of the tone arm on a record player) to swing toward the spindle while a record is playing. | –verb (used with object) | 9. | to slide (a flat) across the floor of a stage. | —Idioms | 10. | get or put one's skates on, British Informal. to make haste. | | 11. | skate on thin ice, to be or place oneself in a risky or delicate situation: Taking a public stand on the question would be skating on thin ice. | |
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Shop Definition–noun | 1. | a retail store, esp. a small one. | | 2. | a small store or department in a large store selling a specific or select type of goods: the ski shop at Smith's. | | 3. | the workshop of a craftsperson or artisan. | | 4. | the workshop of a person who works in a manual trade; place for doing specific, skilled manual work: a carpenter's shop. | | 5. | any factory, office, or business: Our ad agency is a well-run shop. | | 6. |
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Education. | a. | a course of instruction in a trade, as carpentry, printing, etc., consisting chiefly of training in the use of its tools and materials. | | b. | a classroom in which such a course is given. | | | 7. | one's trade, profession, or business as a subject of conversation or preoccupation. | –verb (used without object) | 8. | to visit shops and stores for purchasing or examining goods. | | 9. | to seek or examine goods, property, etc., offered for sale: Retail merchants often stock their stores by shopping in New York. | | 10. | to seek a bargain, investment, service, etc. (usually fol. by for): I'm shopping for a safe investment that pays good interest. | –verb (used with object) | 11. | to seek or examine goods, property, etc., offered for sale in or by: She's shopping the shoe stores this afternoon. | | 12. | Chiefly British Informal. | a. | to put into prison; jail. | | b. | to behave treacherously toward; inform on; betray. | | | 13. | Slang. to try to sell (merchandise or a project) in an attempt to obtain an order or contract. | –interjection | 14. | (used in a store, shop, etc., in calling an employee to wait on a customer.) | —Idioms | 15. | set up shop, to go into business; begin business operations: to set up shop as a taxidermist. | | 16. | shut up shop, | a. | to close a business temporarily, as at the end of the day. | | b. | to suspend business operations permanently: They couldn't make a go of it and had to shut up shop. | | | 17. | talk shop, to discuss
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one's trade, profession, or business: After dinner we all sat around the table and talked shop. | |
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