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window-shop
[ win-doh-shop ]
verb (used without object)
, win·dow-shopped, win·dow-shop·ping.
- 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.
verb (used with object)
, win·dow-shopped, win·dow-shop·ping.
- to look at (merchandise) in the windows of stores without making any purchases:
to window-shop shoes.
window-shop
verb
- intr to look at goods in shop windows without buying them
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Derived Forms
- ˈwindow-ˌshopping, noun
- ˈwindow-ˌshopper, noun
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Other Words From
- window-shopper noun
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Word History and Origins
Origin of window-shop1
First recorded in 1925–30
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Example Sentences
It was like having a platinum card in my pocket, and being told I could only window shop.
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