blockbuster
megahit
smash hit | an unusually successful hit with widespread popularity and huge sales (especially a movie or play or recording or novel) |
hit smash smasher
strike bang | a conspicuous success, that song was his first hit and marked the beginning of his career, that new Broadway show is a real smasher, the party went with a bang |
crash
smash | the act of colliding with something, his crash through the window, the fullback's smash into the defensive line |
catch
grab
snatch
snap | the act of catching an object with the hands, Mays made the catch with his back to the plate, he made a grab for the ball before it landed, Martin's snatch at the bridle failed and the horse raced away, the infielder's snap and throw was a single motion |
overhead
smash | a hard return hitting the tennis ball above your head |
| raid | an attempt by speculators to defraud investors |
shop class
shop | a course of instruction in a trade (as carpentry or electricity), I built a birdhouse in shop |
air raid
air attack | an attack by armed planes on a surface target |
foray
raid
maraud | a sudden short attack |
| betting shop | a licensed bookmaker's shop that is not at the race track |
boutique
dress shop | a shop that sells women's clothes and jewelry |
| bucket shop | (formerly) a cheap saloon selling liquor by the bucket |
butcher shop
meat market | a shop in which meat and poultry (and sometimes fish) are sold |
cafe
coffeehouse
coffee shop
coffee bar | a small restaurant where drinks and snacks are sold |
| chop shop | a place where stolen cars are disassembled for their parts |
delicatessen
deli
food shop | a shop selling ready-to-eat food products |
display window
shop window
shopwindow
show window | a window of a store facing onto the street, used to display merchandise for sale in the store |
drugstore
apothecary's shop
chemist's
chemist's shop
pharmacy | a retail shop where medicine and other articles are sold |
| espresso shop | a cafe where espresso is served |
florist
florist shop
flower store | a shop where flowers and ornamental plants are sold |
gift shop
novelty shop | a shop that sells miscellaneous articles appropriate as gifts |
| grab | a mechanical device for gripping an object |
| grab bag | a container from which a person draws a wrapped item at random without knowing the contents |
| grab bar | a bar attached parallel to a wall to provide a handgrip for steadying yourself |
hardware store
ironmonger
ironmonger's shop | a store selling hardware, in Great Britain they used to call a hardware store an ironmonger's shop |
| head shop | a shop specializing in articles of interest to drug users, he bought some roach clips and hashish pipes at the head shop |
| junk shop | a shop that sells cheap secondhand goods |
| machine shop | workshop where metal is cut and shaped etc., by machine tools |
| millinery hat shop | shop selling women's hats |
pawnbroker's shop
pawnshop
loan office | a shop where loans are made with personal property as security |
| pet shop | a shop where pet animals can be purchased |
pizzeria
pizza shop
pizza parlor | a shop where pizzas are made and sold |
print shop
printing shop | a workplace where printing is done |
repair shop
fix-it shop | a shop specializing in repairs and maintenance |
salon beauty salon
beauty parlor
beauty parlour
beauty shop | a shop where hairdressers and beauticians work |
shoe shop
shoe-shop
shoe store | a shop where shoes are sold |
shop
store | a mercantile establishment for the retail sale of goods or services, he bought it at a shop on Cape Cod |
| shop bell | a bell attached to the door of a small shop, warns the proprietor that a customer has entered the shop |
| shop floor | workplace consisting of the part of a factory housing the machines, the productive work is done on the shop floor |
slopshop
slopseller's shop | a store that sells cheap ready-made clothing |
tobacco shop
tobacconist shop
tobacconist | a shop that sells pipes and pipe tobacco and cigars and cigarettes |
| tuck shop | a candy store in Great Britain |
workshop
shop | small workplace where handcrafts or manufacturing are done |
| grab sample | a single sample or measurement taken at a specific time or over as short a period as feasible |
| shop talk | talk about your business that only others in the same business can understand |
smash
smash-up | a serious collision (especially of motor vehicles) |
knock
bash
bang smash belt | a vigorous blow, the sudden knock floored him, he took a bash right in his face, he got a bang on the head |
| bucket shop | an unethical or overly aggressive brokerage firm |
| open shop | a company whose workers are hired without regard to their membership in a labor union |
| closed shop | a company that hires only union members |