window-shop

window-shop
/win"doh shop'/, v., window-shopped, window-shopping.
v.i.
1. to look at articles in the windows of stores without making any purchases.
2. to examine or evaluate merchandise for possible purchase, use, etc.: Russian delegations are window-shopping in European factories.
v.t.
3. to look at (merchandise) in the windows of stores without making any purchases: to window-shop shoes.
[1925-30]

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