| English Dictionary |
WINDOW-SHOP (window-shopped, window-shopping)
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Irregular inflected forms: window-shopped , window-shopping
, window-shopping Dictionary entry overview: What does window-shop mean?
• WINDOW-SHOP (verb)
The verb WINDOW-SHOP has 1 sense:
1. examine the shop windows; shop with the eyes only
Familiarity information: WINDOW-SHOP used as a verb is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
| Conjugation: |
Present simple: I / you / we / they window-shop ... he / she / it window-shops
Past simple: window-shopped
Past participle: window-shopped
-ing form: window-shopping
... he / she / it window-shops Past simple: window-shopped
Past participle: window-shopped
-ing form: window-shopping
Sense 1
Meaning:
Examine the shop windows; shop with the eyes only
Classified under:
Verbs of buying, selling, owning
Hypernyms (to "window-shop" is one way to...):
browse; shop (shop around; not necessarily buying)
Sentence frames:
Somebody ----s
Somebody ----s PP
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