Verb (used with object) : to window-shop shoes. From Dictionary.com.
I recognized the covetous gaze of a window-shopper. From Wordnik.com. [Fatal Circle] Reference
The event was defiantly not for the timid window-shopper. From Wordnik.com. [Fashionistas Strike Retail Gold at The Billion Dollar Babes Sample Sale] Reference
Yet, there is no working door, leaving the viewer as a perpetual window-shopper. From Wordnik.com. [Jim Hedges: Artworld Gift Guide for the Holidays] Reference
The Toe-Dipper is a next-step from the window-shopper, as they actively communicate their political interests in social media. From Wordnik.com. [The Social Media Voter] Reference
He was just another window-shopper, gazing bemusedly at a shelf of silver cigar cases, when he felt himself bumped and then jostled on one side. From Wordnik.com. [The Blackstone Key] Reference
For several years I read the yachting magazines as a window-shopper, praying that one day I would put my foot in the door, and sail into Edgartown Harbor as the captain of my own boat. From Wordnik.com. [Aweigh] Reference
The window-shopper represents the vast majority of social media voters; they participate from the sidelines - viewing videos, watching friends take political stances in social networks - but they do not use social media to pass political messages. From Wordnik.com. [The Social Media Voter] Reference
They rely massively on window-shopper traffic that finds them through Google searches, and sooner or later Google is going to enforce its own policies of not linking to further searches they like to link directly to actual content, Technorati is going to disappear from Google search, its pagerank is going to tank, and the well is going to dry up very fast. From Wordnik.com. [The State of the Art: Technorati's "Authority"] Reference
Many of the initial employees were ex-Greenpeace members, taught by seasoned veterans from fundraising groups who showed how to stop a speeding window-shopper. From Wordnik.com. [newmatilda.com - Comments] Reference
That's not to say the Mac App Store doesn't have some aspects that do work quite well--easy browsing of apps can be appealing to Mac newcomers, and there are plenty of free apps to make a thrifty window-shopper satisfied. From Wordnik.com. [The Download Blog: Software tips, news, and opinions from Download.com editors] Reference
Of course (as any TV viewer or window-shopper knows), the brain can quite successfully filter out certain levels of light interference on a surface and force a concentration on the intended image ... but this mental 'effort' is felt as a mild frustration and is tiring. From Wordnik.com. [Discussions: Message List - root] Reference
I’m much more of a window-shopper than a hoarder. From Wordnik.com. [Archive 2008-10-01] Reference
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