window-shop
81window dressing — UK / US noun [uncountable] 1) something that is intended to seem impressive but does not have any real effect 2) the job of arranging goods in shop windows, in order to make them look attractive …
82ˈwindow-ˌshopping — noun [U] the activity of looking at things in shop windows but not buying anything …
83window-dresser — /ˈwɪndoʊ drɛsə/ (say windoh dresuh) noun a person employed to dress the windows of a shop, or arrange in them attractive displays of goods for sale …
84window shopping — / wɪndəυ ˌʃɒpɪŋ/ noun the practice of looking at goods in shop windows, without buying anything …
85window shopping — / wɪndəυ ˌʃɒpɪŋ/ noun the practice of looking at goods in shop windows, without buying anything …
86window dressing — noun 1. a showy misrepresentation intended to conceal something unpleasant • Syn: ↑facade • Hypernyms: ↑misrepresentation, ↑deceit, ↑deception 2. the decoration of shop windows • Hypernyms: ↑ …
87no-shop — USA A covenant in a merger or acquisition agreement which restricts the target company from soliciting other potential buyers or, in some cases, participating in discussions relating to a competing transaction. This is a common deal protection… …
88show window — noun 1. a setting in which something can be displayed to best effect it was a showcase for democracy in Africa • Syn: ↑showcase • Hypernyms: ↑setting, ↑background, ↑scope 2. a window of a store facing onto the street; used to display merchandise… …
89To smell of the shop — Shop Shop, n. [OE. shoppe, schoppe, AS. sceoppa a treasury, a storehouse, stall, booth; akin to scypen a shed, LG. schup a shed, G. schoppen, schuppen, a shed, a coachhouse, OHG. scopf.] 1. A building or an apartment in which goods, wares, drugs …
90To talk shop — Shop Shop, n. [OE. shoppe, schoppe, AS. sceoppa a treasury, a storehouse, stall, booth; akin to scypen a shed, LG. schup a shed, G. schoppen, schuppen, a shed, a coachhouse, OHG. scopf.] 1. A building or an apartment in which goods, wares, drugs …
