pet shop UK /ˈpɛt ʃɒp/US /ˈpɛt ʃɑp/ noun1 •A shop that sells animals kept as domestic pets, and products for caring for and feeding them.[…] Mr. Wilham's fashionable West End pet-shop, where dogs lived in excelsior-floored cubicles, appealing to the passers-by. — 1932 formspet shops · pet-shops