Definitions
American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition
- n. A fantastic notion or vain hope.
Wiktionary
- n. idiomatic A plan, desire, or idea that will not likely work; a near impossibility.
WordNet 3.0
- n. a fantastic but vain hope (from fantasies induced by the opium pipe)
Etymologies
- From the fantasies experienced when smoking an opium pipe. (Wiktionary)
- From the fantasies induced by smoking a pipe of opium. (American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition)
Examples
“They were having this freewheeling political discussion and I was looking around thinking, I despise everybody in this room, as Israelite spoke feverishly about their pipe dream to recruit retired general Norman Schwarzkopf to run as a Republican for the Senate in Florida.”
Lists
These user-created lists contain the word ‘pipe dream’.
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Genes
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tinman, agnostic, dreadlocks, Van Gogh, fruitless, lava lamp, ariadne, cheap date, ken and barbie, I'm not dead yet, I'm not dead yet 2, manic fringe and 1192 more... -
My Little Phonies
Names for the next generation of My Little Ponies. Inspired by Star's list.
juggernaught, flamboyant, cuddly maggot, astrobleme, agroof, windburn, poshlost, crucifer, feedbag, dunderwhelp, nebelwerfer, bliss ninny and 453 more...
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reams of dreams
imagine, muse, aspire, reverie, aisling, mette, sweven, hatch, fancy, Puck, Tangerine Dream, Eingana and 30 more...
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farfetched
farfetched, improbable, long shot, implausible, don't hold your b..., beggar belief, unbelievable, unlikely, inconceivable, pipe dream
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Vocab++
Words as I learn them.
fetid, mezzanine, hiatus, austerity, subliminal, resplendent, implacable, impugn, debase, exiguous, cirque, holster and 2538 more...
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cae63110's Words
lets go, my turn, whose turn, his turn, u turn no u turn, no way, do say, say no more, more for the rest..., rest assured, assuredly so, so what and 32 more...
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Phrases That Are One Word
folie de grandeur, due diligence, strangely enough, white hot, forlorn hope, suspended animation, categorical imper..., danse macabre, sun dance, fair share, vade mecum, pipe dream and 1 more...
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quotato The only pipe dream that ever worked is when a plumber got a job. Dec 2, 2008