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overshop

overshop verb: to spend too much time or money shopping.

Verb

overshop (third-person singular simple present overshops, present participle overshopping, simple past and past participle overshopped)

  1. (intransitive) To spend too much time or money shopping.
    • Joanne came to the realization that she overshops to feel more attractive and to reward herself for doing the professional work she so often finds tedious.2008, April Lane Benson, To Buy Or Not to Buy: Why We Overshop and How to Stop

Forms of overshop

third-person singular presentovershops
present participleovershopping
past participleovershopped
pastovershopped

Origin of overshop

From over- + shop.

Questions about overshop

What does overshop mean?
Overshop means to spend too much time or money shopping.
What part of speech is overshop?
Overshop is a verb.
What is the past tense of overshop?
The past tense of overshop is overshopped.

Words near overshop in the dictionary

  1. overshoot the mark
  2. overshooter
  3. overshooters
  4. overshooting
  5. overshoots
  6. overshop
  7. overshopped
  8. overshopping
  9. overshops
  10. overshort
  11. overshorten

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