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woolgathering

[ wool-gath-er-ing ]

noun

  1. indulgence in idle fancies and in daydreaming; absentmindedness:

    His woolgathering was a handicap in school.

  2. gathering gather of the tufts of wool shed by sheep and caught on bushes.


woolgathering

/ ˈ·ÉÊŠ±ôˌɡæðə°ùɪŋ /

noun

  1. idle or absent-minded indulgence in fantasy; daydreaming
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Derived Forms

  • ˈ·É´Ç´Ç±ôËŒ²µ²¹³Ù³ó±ð°ù±ð°ù, noun
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˜yÐÄvlog History and Origins

Origin of woolgathering1

First recorded in 1545–55; wool + gathering
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The train lurched over a patch of rough tracks, jarring me out of my woolgathering.

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But such are the longueurs of this would-be slam-bang blockbuster directed by Robert Schwentke, that it sure does inspire woolgathering.

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I listened to their woolgathering for a while, and then some artillery rumbled in the distance.

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Chronic lateness is a personality characteristic just as much as smiling or shyness or empathy or mothering or woolgathering, to name a few of the more benign.

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Most people spend between 30 and 47 percent of their waking hours spacing out, drifting off, lost in thought, woolgathering, in a brown study or building castles in the air.

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