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wreck shop

wreck shop verb: to "go to town", to do something with vigor, very enthusiastically.

Verb

wreck shop (third-person singular simple present wrecks shop, present participle wrecking shop, simple past and past participle wrecked shop)

  1. (slang) To "go to town", to do something with vigor, very enthusiastically.
    • Steve was just wrecking shop on the track; no-one could touch him.
  2. (slang) To make a mess.
    • Dave got wasted drunk and wrecked shop, which is why he's not invited tonight.

Forms of wreck shop

third-person singular presentwrecks shop
present participlewrecking shop
past participlewrecked shop
pastwrecked shop

Questions about wreck shop

What does wreck shop mean?
Wreck shop means to "go to town", to do something with vigor, very enthusiastically.
What part of speech is wreck shop?
Wreck shop is a verb.
What is the past tense of wreck shop?
The past tense of wreck shop is wrecked shop.

Words near wreck shop in the dictionary

  1. wreck cars
  2. wreck grab
  3. wreck grabs
  4. wreck havoc
  5. wreck of the Hesperus
  6. wreck shop
  7. wreck the hoose juice
  8. wreck yard
  9. wreck yards
  10. wreckable
  11. wreckage

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