window-shop
to look at articles in the windows of stores without making any purchases.
to examine or evaluate merchandise for possible purchase, use, etc.: Russian delegations are window-shopping in European factories.
to look at (merchandise) in the windows of stores without making any purchases: to window-shop shoes.
Origin of window-shop
1Other words from window-shop
- window-shopper, noun
Words Nearby window-shop
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How to use window-shop in a sentence
It was like having a platinum card in my pocket, and being told I could only window shop.
British Dictionary definitions for window-shop
(intr) to look at goods in shop windows without buying them
Derived forms of window-shop
- window-shopper, noun
- window-shopping, noun
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