wet dream

noun

1
: an erotic dream culminating in orgasm and in the male accompanied by ejaculation of semen
2
: an exceedingly pleasurable or exciting experience, situation, or fantasy

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Catherine is a tease, a seductress — a teenager’s wet dream and a mother’s worst nightmare. Amanda Whiting, Vulture, 22 Oct. 2024 After 11 years in the public eye and a publicist’s wet dream of a scandal, the limits of gaining financial stability through the reality TV machine have never been more clear. Kyndall Cunningham, Vox, 21 May 2024 It’s achieved every PR firm’s wet dream of going viral, creating a meme format so appealing that even other brands have used it. Curbed, 10 July 2023 Anodyne descriptions of wet dreams and inserting a tampon. Gustavo Arellano, Los Angeles Times, 30 June 2023 See All Example Sentences for wet dream

Word History

First Known Use

1851, in the meaning defined at sense 1

Time Traveler
The first known use of wet dream was in 1851

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“Wet dream.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/wet%20dream. Accessed 9 Sep. 2025.

Medical Definition

wet dream

noun
: an erotic dream culminating in orgasm and in the male accompanied by seminal emission compare nocturnal emission
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