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wet dreams

wet dreams is the plural of wet dream.

Meaning of wet dream

Noun

wet dream (plural wet dreams)

  1. An erotic dream (imaginary vision while sleeping) bringing the sleeper to orgasm.
    • 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
  2. (broadly) The orgasm in such a dream.
  3. (figuratively) An exciting fantasy; a very appealing, ideal thing, person, or state of affairs.
    • Bruce Springsteen may become middle America's wet dream.1986 October 24, Liam Lacey, “Same old irresistible Seeger”, in The Globe and Mail, Toronto, page D11

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Questions about wet dreams

What is wet dreams the plural of?
Wet dreams is the plural of wet dream.

Words near wet dreams in the dictionary

  1. wet dog shakes
  2. wet down
  3. wet dream
  4. wet dreamed
  5. wet dreaming
  6. wet dreams
  7. wet dreamt
  8. wet dress rehearsal
  9. wet dress rehearsals
  10. wet edge time
  11. wet edge times

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