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window shopping

window shopping is the alternative form of window-shopping.

Meaning of window-shopping

Noun

window-shopping (uncountable)

  1. (idiomatic) The browsing of shop windows without any intention of buying.

Questions about window shopping

What is window shopping the alternative form of?
Window shopping is the alternative form of window-shopping.

Words near window shopping in the dictionary

  1. Window Rock
  2. window screen
  3. window screens
  4. window seat
  5. window seats
  6. window shopping
  7. window sill
  8. window sills
  9. window sitter
  10. window sitters
  11. window stool

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Adapted from Wiktionary: window shopping (page history and authors); window-shopping (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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