Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- intransitive verb To look at merchandise in store windows or showcases without making purchases.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- verb intransitive to engage in
window-shopping ; tobrowse thewindows ofshops with nointention ofbuying anything
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- verb examine the shop windows; shop with the eyes only
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Examples
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When she emerged from the Metro, she made herself window-shop, skimming the fiction titles propped in the window of Kramerbooks and admiring the low riders displayed in the darkened Lucky Brand Jeans store.
Law of Attraction Allison Leotta 2010
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It doesn't cost much to window-shop or take a neighborhood drive, and sometimes that's all it takes to find yourself in the full grip of the Christmas spirit.
America's Best Christmas Displays John Giuffo 2010
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I don't want to go to City Hall or anything, but the more I window-shop or lurk along the edges of The Wedding Industry -- glossy magazines, reality shows, websites -- the less I see myself participating in its rituals.
Rebecca Walker: An Atypical Engagement: Brooke Berman's Happy Family 2010
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It doesn't cost much to window-shop or take a neighborhood drive, and sometimes that's all it takes to find yourself in the full grip of the Christmas spirit.
America's Best Christmas Displays John Giuffo 2010
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When she emerged from the Metro, she made herself window-shop, skimming the fiction titles propped in the window of Kramerbooks and admiring the low riders displayed in the darkened Lucky Brand Jeans store.
Law of Attraction Allison Leotta 2010
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It's my only day off and I just want to window-shop, have lunch at the diner.
Monster myke ripellino 2010
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I don't want to go to City Hall or anything, but the more I window-shop or lurk along the edges of The Wedding Industry -- glossy magazines, reality shows, websites -- the less I see myself participating in its rituals.
Rebecca Walker: An Atypical Engagement: Brooke Berman's Happy Family 2010
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Henken, who grew up in Dayton, Ohio, remembers when his family would window-shop through downtown after a movie, and virtually the entire contents of a store could be seen.
Storefront windows in the District are not what they used to be 2010
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Henken, who grew up in Dayton, Ohio, remembers when his family would window-shop through downtown after a movie, and virtually the entire contents of a store could be seen.
Storefront windows in the District are not what they used to be 2010
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Maybe better, less noisy low-light performance blacks end up with dark-orange confetti on them sometimes; maybe a larger sensor, if there's any consistent way to find out how big the sensors are on the cameras I window-shop.
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