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fortune cookie

for·tune cook·ie
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Transcription

    • US Pronunciation
    • US IPA
    • UK Pronunciation
    • UK IPA
    • [fawr-chuh n koo k-ee]
    • /ˈfɔr tʃən ˈkʊk i/
    • /ˈfɔːtʃuːn ˈkʊki/
    • US Pronunciation
    • US IPA
    • [fawr-chuh n koo k-ee]
    • /ˈfɔr tʃən ˈkʊk i/

Definitions of fortune cookie words

  • noun fortune cookie a thin folded wafer containing a prediction or maxim printed on a slip of paper: often served as a dessert in Chinese restaurants. 1
  • noun Definition of fortune cookie in Technology (WAITS, via the Unix "fortune" program) A quotation, item of trivia, joke, or maxim selected at random from a collection (the "cookie file") and printed to the user's tty at login time or (less commonly) at logout time. There was a fortune program on TOPS-20. 1
  • noun fortune cookie biscuit containing a prediction 1
  • countable noun fortune cookie A fortune cookie is a sweet, crisp cake which contains a piece of paper which is supposed to say what will happen to you in the future. Fortune cookies are often served in Chinese restaurants. 0
  • noun fortune cookie a cookie eaten at the end of a Chinese meal which contains a small piece of paper with a prophecy written on it 0
  • noun fortune cookie a hollow Chinese cookie with a slip of paper inside giving a message, advice, a prediction, etc. 0
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Origin of fortune cookie

First appearance:

before 1960
One of the 3% newest English words
First recorded in 1960-65

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Parts of speech for Fortune cookie

noun
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fortune cookie popularity

A pretty common term. Usually people know it’s meaning, but prefer to use a more spread out synonym. About 31% of English native speakers know the meaning and use word.
According to our data most of word are more popular. This word is almost not used. It has a much more popular synonym.

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