Showing results for fortune cookie. Search instead for PornHub Cookie.

fortune cookie

American

noun

a thin folded wafer containing a prediction or maxim printed on a slip of paper: often served as a dessert in Chinese restaurants.

Other Word Forms

Noun Inflected Forms

fortune cookies

plural

Etymology

Origin of fortune cookie

First recorded in 1960–65

Example Sentences

Examples are provided to illustrate real-world usage of words in context. Any opinions expressed do not reflect the views of Dictionary.com.

See Examples For:

fortune cookie

Curtis described Freakier Friday - about a mother and daughter who switch bodies thanks to a magical Chinese fortune cookie - as "more fun and more emotional" than their 2003 film.

From BBC ● Aug. 10, 2024

Originally called “motto hearts,” the heart-shaped candies were conceived from a “cockle,” a Civil War-era scalloped candy that contained a wholesome message written on colored paper inside it, akin to a fortune cookie.

From Salon ● Feb. 13, 2024

Arttu Luukanen, the team’s representative at the event, offered me a bright yellow fortune cookie made from the powder.

From Scientific American ● Jun. 12, 2023

But he is good enough that it’s not preposterous, with or without a fortune cookie.

From Seattle Times ● Apr. 10, 2023

The fortune cookie in his tool belt started to feel heavier.

From "The Mark of Athena" by Rick Riordan

Definitions and idiom definitions from Dictionary.com Unabridged, based on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2023