Usually means: Browse goods without intending purchase.
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We found 15 dictionaries that define the word window-shop:

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  1. window-shop: Merriam-Webster
  2. window-shop: Oxford Learner's Dictionaries
  3. window-shop: American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language
  4. window-shop, window-shop: Collins English Dictionary
  5. window-shop: Vocabulary.com
  6. window-shop: Wordnik
  7. window-shop: Wiktionary
  8. window-shop: Webster's New World College Dictionary, 4th Ed.
  9. window-shop: The Wordsmyth English Dictionary-Thesaurus
  10. window-shop: Infoplease Dictionary
  11. window-shop: Dictionary.com
  12. window-shop: Rhymezone
  13. window-shop: FreeDictionary.org
  14. window-shop: Mnemonic Dictionary
  15. window-shop: TheFreeDictionary.com

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Definitions from Wiktionary (window-shop)

▸ verb:  (intransitive) To engage in window-shopping; to browse the windows of shops with no intention of buying anything.

Similar:
shop, browse, shop around, Walmart, peruse, brouze, outshop, graze, surf, explore, more...

Opposite:
make purchase, buy, shop

Types:
look around, peruse, more...

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Similar:
shop, browse, shop around, Walmart, peruse, brouze, outshop, graze, surf, explore, more...

Opposite:
make purchase, buy, shop

Types:
look around, peruse, more...



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