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pipe dream

US:USA pronunciation: respellingUSA pronunciation: respelling(pīp′drēm′)

Inflections of 'pipe dream' (v): (⇒ conjugate)
pipe-dreams
v 3rd person singular
pipe-dreaming
v pres p
pipe-dreamed
v past
pipe-dreamt
v past
pipe-dreamed
v past p
pipe-dreamt
v past p

WordReference Random House Learner's Dictionary of American English © 2026
ˈpipe ˌdream, n. [countable]
  1. a notion or plan that is unrealistic or unlikely to come true.

WordReference Random House Unabridged Dictionary of American English © 2026
pipe′ dream′, 
  1. any fantastic notion, hope, or story:Her plans for a movie career are just a pipe dream.
  • 1895–1900, American.

pipe-dream  (pīp′drēm′),USA pronunciation v.i., -dreamed or -dreamt, -dream•ing. 
  1. to indulge in pipe dreams;
    fantasize.

Collins Concise English Dictionary © HarperCollins Publishers::
pipe dream n
  1. a fanciful or impossible plan or hope
Etymology: alluding to dreams produced by smoking an opium pipe
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