Pipe-dream

Pronunciation

• IPA: en, /?pa?pdri?m/
• IPA: en, /?pa?p?drim/

Origin

From pipe dream.

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Full definition of pipe-dream

Verb

1. (intransitive) To have a desire or idea which is unlikely to materialize, or to imagine a plan which is unlikely to work; to dream of a near impossibility.
• 1946 April, w:Cole Porter, The Complete Lyrics of Cole Porter Chapter w, Love is life sublime,
  Ev'ry moment that I'm
  Only wasting my time
  Pipe dreaming of you,
  Pipe dreaming of you, ...