"window-shopping" meaning in English

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Noun

Audio: En-au-window-shopping.ogg
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  1. (idiomatic) The browsing of shop windows without any intention of buying. Tags: idiomatic, uncountable Derived forms: window-shop Translations (browsing shops with no intention of buying): 逛商店 (guàng shāngdiàn) (Chinese Mandarin), 逛街 (guàngjiē) (Chinese Mandarin), ikkunaostokset [plural] (Finnish), lèche-vitrine (French), mirar escaparates (Galician), Schaufensterbummel [masculine] (German), kirakatnézegetés (Hungarian), ウィンドウショッピング (windou shoppingu) (Japanese), 윈도쇼핑 (windosyoping) (Korean), 아이쇼핑 (aisyoping) (Korean), зја́јпазар (zjájpazar) [masculine] (Macedonian), gledanje izloga [Roman] (Serbo-Croatian)
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Verb

Audio: En-au-window-shopping.ogg
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  1. present participle and gerund of window-shop Tags: form-of, gerund, participle, present Form of: window-shop
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Alternative forms

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