wet dream
English
Pronunciation
Audio (AU) (file)
Noun
wet dream (plural wet dreams)
- (idiomatic) An ejaculation or orgasm while asleep, often accompanying an erotic dream.
- 1985, David Lewis, "British playwright makes a mountain out of a Mole" (review of The Growing Pains of Adrian Mole by Sue Townsend), The Globe and Mail (Toronto), 9 Jan., page E22:
- His mother is having an affair with the man next door, is reading Germain Greer's The Female Eunuch—which spawns Adrian's first wet dream.
- 1985, David Lewis, "British playwright makes a mountain out of a Mole" (review of The Growing Pains of Adrian Mole by Sue Townsend), The Globe and Mail (Toronto), 9 Jan., page E22:
- (idiomatic, by extension) An exciting fantasy; a very appealing, ideal thing, person, or state of affairs.
- 1986, Liam Lacey, "Same old irresistible Seeger," The Globe and Mail (Toronto), 24 Oct., page D11:
- Bruce Springsteen may become middle America's wet dream.
- 2007, Addy Dugdale, "Betavoltaic Battery Could Power Your Laptop for Thirty Years," gizmodo.com, 2 Oct:
- The plan is, if all goes well, to have these batteries, an eco warrior's wet dream due to their non-toxicity, on sale in two or three years.
- 1986, Liam Lacey, "Same old irresistible Seeger," The Globe and Mail (Toronto), 24 Oct., page D11:
Synonyms
- (ejaculation): night emission, nocturnal emission
Translations
ejaculation or orgasm while asleep — see nocturnal emission
literally
|
figuratively
- The translations below need to be checked and inserted above into the appropriate translation tables, removing any numbers. Numbers do not necessarily match those in definitions. See instructions at Wiktionary:Entry layout#Translations.
Translations to be checked
|
Verb
wet dream (third-person singular simple present wet dreams, present participle wet dreaming, simple past and past participle wet dreamed or wet dreamt)
- To produce fluids from the sex organs as a result of sexual arousal.
References
- “wet dream” in Dictionary.com Unabridged, Dictionary.com, LLC, 1995–present.
- “wet dream” in Microsoft's Encarta World English Dictionary, North American Edition (2007)
- "wet dream" in the Wordsmyth Dictionary-Thesaurus (Wordsmyth, 2002)
This article is issued from Wiktionary. The text is licensed under Creative Commons - Attribution - Sharealike. Additional terms may apply for the media files.