wet dream

American  

noun

1. nocturnal emission.

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wet dream British  

noun

1. an erotic dream accompanied by an emission of semen during or just after sleep

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Etymology

Origin of wet dream

First recorded in 1850–55

Example Sentences

It’s only when Christian near the end of the play derides Cyrano’s “acres of highbrow wet dream prose” that Cyrano’s ears prick up in admiration.

From Los Angeles Times • Sep. 10, 2024

When you grow up surrounded by constant ambient rhetoric about water scarcity, even in a hyper-efficient capitalistic wet dream like Singapore, recycled drinking water is just fine.

From The Verge • Nov. 5, 2021

Evan Greer, deputy director of Fight for the Future, tweeted in response to one article discussing the new product that "you misspelled 'Amazon Halo is a surveillance capitalist wet dream manifested into a wearable device.'"

From Salon • Aug. 28, 2020

Sherry isn’t just one ingredient, but is actually a rather diverse spectrum of different styles of wine – some bone-dry and flinty, others sweet enough to be a dentist’s wet dream.

From The Guardian • Dec. 2, 2016

Critics and online commenters have likened CrossFit to a cult, insinuating that it’s not much more than a paramilitary, post-apocalyptic wet dream.

From Salon • Oct. 22, 2014