daydream

Meanings

1. 1
   noun

   absentminded dreaming while awake

   Daydreams can make boring situations bearable.

2. 2
   verb

   have a daydream

   The students were daydreaming about their future success.

3. 3
   verb

   have dreamlike musings or fantasies while awake

   I looked out the window, daydreaming.

4. 4
   verb

   To have such a series of thoughts; to woolgather.

   Stop daydreaming and get back to work!

5. 5
   noun

   A spontaneous series of thoughts while awake not connected to immediate reality.

Etymology

From day + dream. Compare West Frisian deidream (“daydream”), Dutch dagdroom (“daydream”), German Tagtraum (“daydream”), Swedish dagdröm (“daydream”), Icelandic dagdraumur (“daydream”).