daydream
noun
- short-term detachment from one's immediate surroundings, during which a person's contact with reality is blurred and partially substituted by a visionary fantasy
verb
- to indulge in fanciful thoughts; to be distracted by yearning
Wiktionary
Pronunciation: /ˈdeɪdɹiːm/ / [ˈdeɪdɹiːm] / [ˈdeɪd͡ʒɹiːm]
noun
Etymology: From day + dream. Compare West Frisian deidream (“daydream”), Dutch dagdroom (“daydream”), German Tagtraum (“daydream”), Swedish dagdröm (“daydream”), Icelandic dagdraumur (“daydream”).
- A spontaneous series of thoughts while awake not connected to immediate reality.
“With Free Guy, Reynolds gets just a little more in touch with his Carrey side via nothing less than his own version of The Truman Show, shorn of its daydream dread and rocketed into the age of Fortnite.”
verb
Etymology: From day + dream. Compare West Frisian deidream (“daydream”), Dutch dagdroom (“daydream”), German Tagtraum (“daydream”), Swedish dagdröm (“daydream”), Icelandic dagdraumur (“daydream”).
- To have such a series of thoughts; to woolgather.
“Stop daydreaming and get back to work!”