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shoo t|ing gal|lery (shooting galleries ) N‑COUNT A shooting gallery is a place where people use rifles to shoot at targets, especially in order to win prizes.

shoo t|ing star (shooting stars ) N‑COUNT A shooting star is a piece of rock or metal that burns very brightly when it enters the Earth's atmosphere from space, and is seen from Earth as a bright star travelling very fast across the sky.

shoo t|ing war (shooting wars ) N‑COUNT When two countries in conflict engage in a shooting war , they fight each other with weapons rather than opposing each other by diplomatic or other means. [JOURNALISM ]

shoo t-out (shoot-outs )

1 N‑COUNT A shoot-out is a fight in which people shoot at each other with guns. □  Three men were killed in the shoot-out.

2 N‑COUNT In games such as football, a shoot-out or a penalty shoot-out is a way of deciding the result of a game that has ended in a draw. Players from each team try to score a goal in turn until one player fails to score and their team loses the game. □  The Danes won that UEFA tie in a shoot-out.

shop ◆◆◇ /ʃɒ p/ (shops , shopping , shopped )

1 N‑COUNT A shop is a building or part of a building where things are sold. [mainly BRIT ] □  …health-food shops. □  …a record shop. □  It's not available in the shops. in AM, usually use store 2 VERB When you shop , you go to shops and buy things. □ [V prep/adv] He always shopped at the Co-op. □ [V prep/adv] …some advice that's worth bearing in mind when shopping for a new carpet. □ [V ] …customers who shop once a week. ●  shop|per (shoppers ) N‑COUNT □  …crowds of Christmas shoppers.

3 N‑COUNT [n N ] You can refer to a place where a particular service is offered as a particular type of shop . □  …the barber shop where Rodney sometimes had his hair cut. □  …your local pet shop.

4 VERB If you shop someone, you report them to the police for doing something illegal. [BRIT , INFORMAL ] □ [V n + to ] His appalled family shopped him to the police. □ [be V -ed] Fraudsters are often shopped by honest friends and neighbours.

5 → see also shopping , chip shop , coffee shop , corner shop , paper shop , pawn shop , print shop , sex shop , talking shop , tea shop , thrift shop

6 PHRASE If something is happening all over the shop , it is happening in many different places or throughout a wide area. [BRIT , INFORMAL ] □  This gave them the freedom to make trouble all over the shop without fear of retribution.

7 PHRASE If you set up shop , you start a business. □  He set up shop as an independent PR consultant.

8 PHRASE If you shop till you drop , you do a large amount of shopping. □  You can use your card in cash machines, or to shop till you drop.

9 PHRASE If you say that people are talking shop , you mean that they are talking about their work, and this is boring for other people who do not do the same work. □  If you hang around with colleagues all the time you just end up talking shop.

▸  shop around PHRASAL VERB If you shop around , you go to different shops or companies in order to compare the prices and quality of goods or services before you decide to buy them. □ [V P ] Prices may vary so it's well worth shopping around before you buy. □ [V P + for ] He shopped around for a firm that would be flexible.

shopa|hol|ic /ʃɒ pəhɒ l I k/ (shopaholics ) N‑COUNT A shopaholic is someone who greatly enjoys going shopping and buying things, or who cannot stop themselves doing this. [INFORMAL ]

sho p as|sis|tant (shop assistants ) N‑COUNT A shop assistant is a person who works in a shop selling things to customers. [BRIT ] in AM, use sales clerk