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cloud 9

cloud 9 is the alternative form of cloud nine.

Meaning of cloud nine

Noun

cloud nine (uncountable)

  1. (idiomatic) Often in the phrase on cloud nine: a state of bliss, elation or happiness.
    • He was on cloud nine for days after she agreed to marry him.
  2. (idiomatic, nonstandard, possibly) A state of fantastic or impractical dreaming or thinking.
    • Now, the system approach, needless to say, wants to help out in that particular problem, but it lives up on cloud nine for the most part. This is one of the reasons that it has not made more headway than it has in the civilian agencies of government.1970 July 16, W. E. Cushen, “The Management of Change”, in Frances C. Bell, Harold F. Wollin, editors, Report of the 55th National Conference on Weights and Measures 1970: Sponsored by the National...

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Cloud 9 is the alternative form of cloud nine.

Words near cloud 9 in the dictionary

  1. clotweed
  2. clou
  3. Clouatre
  4. Clouatres
  5. cloud
  6. cloud 9
  7. cloud bank
  8. cloud banks
  9. cloud base
  10. cloud bases
  11. cloud bow

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