ALL meanings of fortune cookie
for·tune cook·ie
F f - 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
- noun fortune cookie A type of hollow snack, common in westernized Chinese food, containing a message on a narrow strip of paper, generally with a wise or vaguely prophetic message printed on the paper. 0
- noun fortune cookie (computing) A quote-of-the-day feature (especially on *nix systems.). 0
- 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