Window-shop (Verb)
Meaning
Examine the shop windows; shop with the eyes only.
Classification
Verbs of buying, selling, owning.
Examples
- After lunch, they decided to window-shop along downtown's busy shopping street.
- The tourists love to window-shop in Paris, admiring the exquisite fashion displays.
- It's one of my favorite pastimes – to window-shop and dream of what I could buy if I had the money.
- During the holidays, many people window-shop for gift ideas, but end up buying online.
- In the evenings, Sarah would often window-shop at her favorite stores, imagining her ideal wardrobe.