Shoppy
Definition, Meaning & Examples
Part of speech adjective
Quick meaning: Shoppy is an adjective meaning (colloquial, dated) Abounding with shops.
Meaning
(colloquial, dated) Abounding with shops.
More Meanings
- (dated) Inclined to talk shop; full of jargon.
- (rare) Of the kind or quality expected from a shop.
Example Sentences
Standish had a mind that "seldom wandered from the shop and things shoppy," […]
When golfers get together their talk is more unutterably shoppy than even that of hunters, cricketers, or racing men.
I don't like shoppy people. I think we are far better off, knowing only cottagers and labourers, and people without pretence.
A novel of clerical life written by a clergyman is apt to be what is vulgarly called shoppy, to dwell upon details which may interest other clergymen […]
Word Forms
- shoppier
- shoppiest
Related Words
Related dictionary entries include yakky, talksy, chinny, blabby, newsy, yackety.
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