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windowshop

windowshop is the alternative form of window-shop.

Meaning of window-shop

Verb

window-shop (third-person singular simple present window-shops, present participle window-shopping, simple past and past participle window-shopped)

  1. (intransitive) To engage in window-shopping; to browse the windows of shops with no intention of buying anything.
  2. (intransitive, uncommon) To browse for romantic partners by meeting new people without any intention of having a long-term relationship.

Forms of windowshop

third-person singular presentwindowshops
present participlewindowshopping
past participlewindowshopped
pastwindowshopped

Questions about windowshop

What is windowshop the alternative form of?
Windowshop is the alternative form of window-shop.

Words near windowshop in the dictionary

  1. windows up
  2. Windows-1252
  3. windowscreen
  4. windowscreens
  5. windowsful
  6. windowshop
  7. windowshopping
  8. windowsill
  9. windowsills
  10. windowsole
  11. windowward

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Adapted from Wiktionary: windowshop (page history and authors); window-shop (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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