Meanings
verbwindow-shop (third-person singular simple present window-shops, present participle window-shopping, simple past and past participle window-shopped)
present singular third person window-shops · participle present window-shopping · participle past window-shopped · past window-shopped
- intransitiveTo engage in window-shopping; to browse the windows of shops with no intention of buying anything.
- intransitiveuncommonTo browse for romantic partners by meeting new people without any intention of having a long-term relationship.
Origin
Back-formation from window-shopping.
Full word history & related roots →Translations
Chinese Mandarin 逛商店, 逛街
- 逛商店 (guàng shāngdiàn)browse shops with no intention of buying
- 逛街 (guàngjiē)browse shops with no intention of buying
Finnish olla ikkunaostoksilla
- olla ikkunaostoksillabrowse shops with no intention of buying
French faire du lèche-vitrine
- faire du lèche-vitrinebrowse shops with no intention of buying
Hungarian kirakatot/kirakatokat nézeget
- kirakatot/kirakatokat nézegetbrowse shops with no intention of buying
Spanish jironear
- jironearbrowse shops with no intention of buying
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APA
window-shop. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 4, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/window-shop
MLA
“window-shop.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/window-shop. Accessed November 4, 2026.
Chicago
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “window-shop,” accessed November 4, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/window-shop.
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