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Definition of window shopping in English: window shoppingnoun mass nounThe activity of looking at goods displayed in shop windows, especially without intending to buy anything. window shopping is the favourite pastime of all New Yorkers Example sentencesExamples - And later, it's almost time for window shopping.
- You know, early on, there's a lot of window shopping going on.
- Trips will last an average of three hours and 57 minutes; however a large amount of this is window shopping.
- Then we did some window shopping downtown.
- I didn't have a lot to do so I decided to walk around town, do some window shopping, something to keep me from home.
- Residents near the store, who have taken a day off from work, come in for some window shopping.
- Granted, this is window shopping, but when you know what you're after, there's nothing wrong with that.
- Once tired of window shopping, they decided to catch a movie.
- Teenagers cycled past on bikes and young mothers pushing prams made their leisurely way down the street, stopping occasionally to do a bit of window shopping.
- Unlike many mall visitors, Ms. Kitty seems quite content with window shopping.
- It's time to do a little "window shopping."
- There's no time for dawdling around the centre and doing a little window shopping.
- "Malls are only good for window shopping, as I find them too expensive."
- Why don't you do a little window shopping?
- A little time spent window shopping can result in significant long-term savings at the gas pump.
- After all, you do not need to pay for window shopping or being a window gourmet.
- Hemmed in on all sides by low-rise buildings, the forecourt provides a breathing space for meeting, socializing and window shopping.
- Jostling and window shopping is part of the deal and we did it all.
- They are described as the British farming industry's most high-profile shop window, and with such a variety of goods on offer, window shopping has never been so tempting.
- They were also very beneficial to store owners in a way that allowed people to continue with their window shopping on rainy days.
Derivativesverbwindow-shops, window-shopping, window-shopped ˈwɪndəʊʃɒpˈwɪndoʊʃɑp [no object]Look at goods displayed in shop windows without buying anything. I'm rarely looking for anything in particular, just window-shopping Example sentencesExamples - Like before, we had several hours before our next train, so we window-shopped and ate lunch.
- Right after Christmas she window-shops for the right gift for 'him'.
- That taken care of, we walked around town a bit, and window-shopped in the old-town.
noun And to the national multitude of window-shoppers, whether at the mall or watching their TVs, the full-time advertising is another, complementary provocation. Example sentencesExamples - On Sunday, two boys and two girls were mixing with the general gathering - window-shoppers, dawdlers, and so on - carrying signboards that said, ‘crazy sales’.
- Some of the parents gasped and dragged away their offspring, rushing for the door, and most of the window-shoppers panicked and joined the exodus.
Definition of window shopping in US English: window shoppingnounˈwɪndoʊ ˌʃɑpɪŋˈwindō ˌSHäpiNG The activity of looking at goods displayed in shop windows, especially without intending to buy anything. window shopping is the favorite pastime of all New Yorkers Example sentencesExamples - I didn't have a lot to do so I decided to walk around town, do some window shopping, something to keep me from home.
- They were also very beneficial to store owners in a way that allowed people to continue with their window shopping on rainy days.
- Granted, this is window shopping, but when you know what you're after, there's nothing wrong with that.
- Trips will last an average of three hours and 57 minutes; however a large amount of this is window shopping.
- There's no time for dawdling around the centre and doing a little window shopping.
- "Malls are only good for window shopping, as I find them too expensive."
- Jostling and window shopping is part of the deal and we did it all.
- It's time to do a little "window shopping."
- And later, it's almost time for window shopping.
- Then we did some window shopping downtown.
- After all, you do not need to pay for window shopping or being a window gourmet.
- Unlike many mall visitors, Ms. Kitty seems quite content with window shopping.
- You know, early on, there's a lot of window shopping going on.
- They are described as the British farming industry's most high-profile shop window, and with such a variety of goods on offer, window shopping has never been so tempting.
- A little time spent window shopping can result in significant long-term savings at the gas pump.
- Once tired of window shopping, they decided to catch a movie.
- Teenagers cycled past on bikes and young mothers pushing prams made their leisurely way down the street, stopping occasionally to do a bit of window shopping.
- Hemmed in on all sides by low-rise buildings, the forecourt provides a breathing space for meeting, socializing and window shopping.
- Residents near the store, who have taken a day off from work, come in for some window shopping.
- Why don't you do a little window shopping?
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