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BE ON CLOUD NINE

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does be on cloud nine mean? 

BE ON CLOUD NINE (verb)
  The verb BE ON CLOUD NINE has 1 sense:

1. feel extreme happiness or elationplay

  Familiarity information: BE ON CLOUD NINE used as a verb is very rare.


 Dictionary entry details 


BE ON CLOUD NINE (verb)


Sense 1

Meaning:

Feel extreme happiness or elation

Classified under:

Verbs of feeling

Synonyms:

be on cloud nine; exult; jump for joy; walk on air

Hypernyms (to "be on cloud nine" is one way to...):

joy; rejoice (feel happiness or joy)

Troponyms (each of the following is one way to "be on cloud nine"):

rejoice; triumph; wallow (be ecstatic with joy)

Sentence frame:

Somebody ----s


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