pipe-dreaming
SayPYP-dree-mingUS/ˈpaɪpˌdrimɪŋ/UK/ˈpaɪpdriːmɪŋ/
- 1Present participle and gerund of pipe-dream.
Stop pipe-dreaming about a mansion and start saving for a car.
He spent the whole meeting pipe-dreaming about becoming a famous chef.
pipe-dreaming is a form of pipe dream
pipe dream, verb: To have a desire or idea that is unlikely to come true, or imagine a plan unlikely to work; to dream of the nearly impossible. Full entry
- Forms
- pipe dreampipe-dreams he/she/itpipe-dreaming -ing formpipe-dreamed past tense, past participle
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