window-shop

intr.v., -shopped, -shop·ping, -shops.
To look at merchandise in store windows or showcases without making purchases.

window-shopper win'dow-shop'per n.

[US Geological Survey] Among users of WIMP environments like X or the Macintosh, extended experimentation with new window colors, fonts, and icon shapes. This activity can take up hours of what might otherwise have been productive working time. “I spent the afternoon window shopping until I found the coolest shade of green for my active window borders — now they perfectly match my medium slate blue background.” Serious window shoppers will spend their days with bitmap editors, creating new and different icons and background patterns for all to see. Also: window dressing, the act of applying new fonts, colors, etc. See fritterware, compare macdink.

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The verb has one meaning:

Meaning #1: examine the shop windows; shop with the eyes only

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Dansk (Danish)
v. intr. - ose, se på forretningsvinduer

Nederlands (Dutch)
etalages bekijken

Français (French)
v. intr. - faire du lèche-vitrines

Deutsch (German)
v. - einen Schaufensterbummel machen

Ελληνική (Greek)
v. - χαζεύω στις βιτρίνες μαγαζιών

Italiano (Italian)
guardare le vetrine

Português (Portuguese)
v. - olhar vitrines de lojas

Русский (Russian)
глазеть на витрины

Español (Spanish)
v. intr. - mirar las vidrieras sin comprar, vitrinear

Svenska (Swedish)
v. - fönstershoppa

中文（简体）(Chinese (Simplified))
看商店橱窗, 物色, 观望

中文（繁體）(Chinese (Traditional))
v. intr. - 看商店櫥窗, 物色, 觀望

한국어 (Korean)
v. intr. - (사지 않고) 진열창을 들여다보며 다니다

日本語 (Japanese)
v. - ウインドウショッピングする, ショーウインドウを覗いて楽しむ

العربيه (Arabic)
‏(فعل) يستعرض معروضات الواجهه دون أن يدخل المتجر لشرائها‏

עברית (Hebrew)
v. intr. - ‮סקר חלונות ראווה‬

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