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Window shopping

🇿🇦 South Africa Slang
Added Apr 06, 2026 · 2 definitions
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Window shopping definition 1

Venster inkopies (Looking only)

"Just window shopping (Just looking only)"
by Khulekani Dladla Elder · Apr 06, 2026
DEFINITION 2

Window shopping definition 2

Browse without buying | Blaai sonder koop

"Just window shopping today"
by Khulekani Dladla Elder · Apr 06, 2026

Word Details

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🇿🇦 South Africa
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2 community definitions
Added
April 2026

↻ Similar Words

Window shopping 🇨🇫 Central African Republic

Lèche-vitrine (Window shopping)

"On fait window shopping (Let's go window shopping)"
Window shopping 🇸🇨 Seychelles

Get vitrin (Window shopping)

"Just window shopping (Just window shopping)"

🇿🇦 About South Africa Slang

South African slang, from Cape Town to Johannesburg, mixes Zulu, Xhosa, Afrikaans, Sotho, and English into uniquely expressive township and street language.

KASINARY has 2661 South Africa slang words collected from native speakers.

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🌍 "Window shopping" Across Africa

This word is also used in 13 other countries, sometimes with a different meaning.

Window shopping 🇨🇫 Central African Republic

Lèche-vitrine (Window shopping)
Window shopping 🇸🇨 Seychelles

Get vitrin (Window shopping)
Window shopping 🇸🇸 South Sudan

Shuf bila shira (Look without buying)
Window shopping 🇲🇷 Mauritania

تسوق بالنظر (Window shopping)
Window shopping 🇸🇿 Eswatini

Kubuka nje (Just looking)
Window shopping 🇪🇹 Ethiopia

ዊንዶው ሾፒንግ/ዊንዶው ሾፒንግ (Window shopping) - window shopping
Window shopping 🇬🇭 Ghana

Looking without buying (Browsing)
Window shopping 🇰🇪 Kenya

Kutazama tu (Just looking)
Window shopping 🇱🇷 Liberia

Looking only/Browsing (Window shopping)
Window shopping 🇱🇾 Libya

ويندو شوبنق (Window shopping)
Window shopping 🇳🇦 Namibia

Looking without buying (Browsing only)
Window shopping 🇷🇼 Rwanda

Kureba gusa udagura (Looking without buying)
Window shopping 🇿🇲 Zambia

Looking without buying

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