window-shoppingˈwindow-ˌshopping noun [uncountable] 
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Thesaurus- Sometimes I go window-shopping after work.
- We didn't have any money but we enjoyed window-shopping in Fifth Avenue.
Longman Language Activatorto look at a lot of things you might buy, read, etc► look around/take a look around/have a look around
the activity of looking at goods in shop windows without intending to buy them—window-shopper noun [countable] to walk around a shop or market or a place where tourists go, looking at a lot of different things: · I just want to take a quick look around and see if there's anything I want.· He makes a list of what he needs and then walks into the store and buys it, without looking around at all.· You're welcome to have a look around. We have a wide range of sportswear.
► browse to spend time looking at things in a shop, especially books or records, without intending to buy anything: · Armando spent the afternoon browsing in Camden market.browse through: · He found Jill in the gallery shop silently browsing through some books.
► window-shopping the activity of looking at goods in shop windows without intending to buy anything: · We didn't have any money but we enjoyed window-shopping in Fifth Avenue.go window-shopping: · Sometimes I go window-shopping after work.
► I'm just looking spoken say this to tell someone who works in a shop that you are only looking at things, and you do not intend to buy anything just now: · "Can I help you?" "No thanks, I'm just looking."
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