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• n  an idle indulgence in fantasy
• v  have a daydream; indulge in a fantasy
• s  dreamy in mood or nature
  a woolgathering moment

• For decades Australian cinema, like the country itself, led the world in woolgathering.
• But the urge to think of Shakespeare's people as real dies hard, and woolgathering has its charms, as John Updike wittily demonstrates anew in Gertrude and Claudius (Knopf; 212 .
• As playwright, he instinctively senses the emotional desires of a woolgathering audience.

• dream
• daydream
• woolgather
• stargaze
• dreamy
• moony

Quotes

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• Ben Brantley in New York Times
  In a review of "West Side Story" for The New York Times, Ben Brantley wrote that Mr. Cavenaugh "has a goofy, woolgathering and slightly shy side that helps explain his subsequent ill-advised behavior. His singing is more tender, wondering and...