pipe-dream
[ pahyp-dreem ]
/ ˈpaɪpˌdrim /
verb (used without object), pipe-dreamed or pipe-dreamt, pipe-dream·ing.
to indulge in pipe dreams; fantasize.
Words nearby pipe-dream
pipe snake,
pipe up,
pipe vine,
pipe wrench,
pipe-clay,
pipe-dream,
pipe-layer,
pipe-rack,
pipeclay,
piped music,
pipefish
Definition for pipe-dream (2 of 2)
pipe dream
noun
any fantastic notion, hope, or story: Her plans for a movie career are just a pipe dream.
Origin of pipe dream
An Americanism dating back to 1895–1900
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British Dictionary definitions for pipe-dream
pipe dream
noun
a fanciful or impossible plan or hope
Word Origin for pipe dream
alluding to dreams produced by smoking an opium pipe
Idioms and Phrases with pipe-dream
pipe dream
A fantastic notion or vain hope, as in I'd love to have one home in the mountains and another at the seashore, but that's just a pipe dream. Alluding to the fantasies induced by smoking an opium pipe, this term has been used more loosely since the late 1800s.