waking dream

English

Noun

waking dream (plural waking dreams)

1. A dream or dreamlike situation while one is awake or in the drowsy period before sleep.
   • 2007, “I'll Be Your Woman”, in Party Girl, performed by Michelle Gurevich:

     I'll be the mirror where you are a queen / Your fellow magician of the waking dream / Hung with a hammer and a glass of wine / I'll be your woman and you can be mine

See also

• mirage
• hypnagogia
• daymare