window-shopping

UK: /ˈwɪndəʊʃɒpɪŋ/

From the verb window-shop: (⇒ conjugate)

window-shopping is: ⓘ

v pres p

WordReference Random House Learner's Dictionary of American English © 2026

ˈwin•dow-ˌshop,  v. [no object] , -shopped, -shop•ping. 

1. to look at articles in store windows without making purchases.

win•dow shop•per, n. [countable]

WordReference Random House Unabridged Dictionary of American English © 2026

win•dow-shop  (win′dō shop′), v., -shopped, -shop•ping. 
v.i. 

1. to look at articles in the windows of stores without making any purchases.
2. to examine or evaluate merchandise for possible purchase, use, etc.:
   Russian delegations are window-shopping in European factories.

v.t. 

3. to look at (merchandise) in the windows of stores without making any purchases:
   to window-shop shoes.

• 1925–30

win′dow-shop′per, n. 

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window-shop verb ( -shops, -shopping, -shopped)

1. (intransitive) to look at goods in shop windows without buying them

ˈwindow-ˌshopper noun

ˈwindow-ˌshopping noun