cloud-imagining

noun
UK /ˈklaʊd ɪˌmædʒɪnɪŋ/
US /ˈklaʊd ɪˌmædʒənɪŋ/

Cloud-imagining is when you look at clouds and pretend they look like animals or other things.

On the car ride, we passed the time with cloud-imagining, spotting a dragon and a giant ice cream cone.


OTHER MEANINGS

2. The habit of making up hopeful but unrealistic plans.

His cloud-imagining about quitting his job never included a budget.

3. In art, sketching pictures suggested by cloud shapes.

The children's cloud-imagining filled the classroom wall with fluffy monsters.

4. A playful way to describe letting your mind wander freely.

Her afternoon cloud-imagining turned into a whole story about a floating island.