fortune teller

英：[ˈfɔ:tʃən ˈtelə]

美：[ˈfɔrtʃən ˈtɛlɚ]

noun

someone or something with the supposed ability to foretell future events and especially the details of a person's future Some of the fortune-tellers he encounters are ludicrously off the mark; others are uncannily accurate.—Michael Upchurch You do not have to be a fortune teller to realize that sneezes, sniffles, plugged up noses and red eyes will be making their appearance in most of our houses within the next two months.—Glenn Haege By the early 1900s it was possible to get a "psychic reading" from a mechanical fortune teller at the local penny arcade.—Ralph and Terry Kovalsometimes, specifically: a child's toy that consists of paper folded into four pyramid-shaped parts which are manipulated by the fingers to open and close with each part having a flap that can be unfolded to reveal an answer to one's question about the future : cootie catcher Some of the most commonly made folk toys are made of paper: fortune tellers (also known as cootie catchers), paper airplanes, spitballs shot through straws … —Lowell (Massachusetts) Sun Your child may choose to decorate the fortune teller … with stickers or drawings, or to color the outside squares instead of writing the name of a color. —Sally Worsham

For thousands of years, people have gone to fortune tellers because they wanted to know whom they would marry or whether they were going to be rich or famous.—Muse

noun

someone or something with the supposed ability to foretell future events and especially the details of a person's future Some of the fortune-tellers he encounters are ludicrously off the mark; others are uncannily accurate.—Michael Upchurch You do not have to be a fortune teller to realize that sneezes, sniffles, plugged up noses and red eyes will be making their appearance in most of our houses within the next two months.—Glenn Haege By the early 1900s it was possible to get a "psychic reading" from a mechanical fortune teller at the local penny arcade.—Ralph and Terry Kovalsometimes, specifically: a child's toy that consists of paper folded into four pyramid-shaped parts which are manipulated by the fingers to open and close with each part having a flap that can be unfolded to reveal an answer to one's question about the future : cootie catcher Some of the most commonly made folk toys are made of paper: fortune tellers (also known as cootie catchers), paper airplanes, spitballs shot through straws … —Lowell (Massachusetts) Sun Your child may choose to decorate the fortune teller … with stickers or drawings, or to color the outside squares instead of writing the name of a color. —Sally Worsham

For thousands of years, people have gone to fortune tellers because they wanted to know whom they would marry or whether they were going to be rich or famous.—Muse

The first known use of fortune teller was in 1582

foreveradverb

for a limitless time : everlastingly

wants to live forever

always sense 1, constantly

a dog that was forever chasing cars

foreveradverb

for a limitless time : everlastingly

wants to live forever

always sense 1, constantly

a dog that was forever chasing cars

foreveradverb

for a limitless time : everlastingly

wants to live forever

always sense 1, constantly

a dog that was forever chasing cars

foreveradverb

for a limitless time : everlastingly

wants to live forever

always sense 1, constantly

a dog that was forever chasing cars

form1 of 2noun

the shape and structure of something as distinguished from its material

a body (as of a person) especially in its outward appearance or as distinguished from the face

an established manner of doing or saying something

a form of worship

a standard or expectation based on past experience

true to form, the champions won again

a document with blank spaces for inserting information

a tax form

conduct determined by custom : ceremony, conventionalso: display without meaning

the usual forms upon being introduced

manner of behaving according to recognized standards

it's bad form not to wait for your turn

a long seat : bench

a model of the human figure used for displaying clothes

a mold in which concrete is placed to set

one of the different varieties of a particular thing or substance

coal is a form of carbon

any of the different pronunciations or spellings a word may take in inflection or compounding

a special way of stating a mathematical expression

the number 2.5 can be written in fractional form as ⁵⁄₂

orderly method of arrangementalso: a kind or instance of such arrangement

painting is an art form

the structural element, plan, or design of a work of art

a surface or space enclosed by mathematical boundaries

a grade in a British secondary school or in some American private schools

ability as shown by past performance

condition for performing

in top form

form2 of 2verb

to give form or shape to : fashion, make

form the letter A

instruct sense 1, train

education forms the mind

make up sense 2, constitute

a hat formed of straw

develop sense 5, acquire

form a habit

to arrange in order

form a line

to take form : arise

fog forms in the valleys

to take a definite form, shape, or arrangement

the customers formed in lines

form1 of 2noun

the shape and structure of something as distinguished from its material

a body (as of a person) especially in its outward appearance or as distinguished from the face

an established manner of doing or saying something

a form of worship

a standard or expectation based on past experience

true to form, the champions won again

a document with blank spaces for inserting information

a tax form

conduct determined by custom : ceremony, conventionalso: display without meaning

the usual forms upon being introduced

manner of behaving according to recognized standards

it's bad form not to wait for your turn

a long seat : bench

a model of the human figure used for displaying clothes

a mold in which concrete is placed to set

one of the different varieties of a particular thing or substance

coal is a form of carbon

any of the different pronunciations or spellings a word may take in inflection or compounding

a special way of stating a mathematical expression

the number 2.5 can be written in fractional form as ⁵⁄₂

orderly method of arrangementalso: a kind or instance of such arrangement

painting is an art form

the structural element, plan, or design of a work of art

a surface or space enclosed by mathematical boundaries

a grade in a British secondary school or in some American private schools

ability as shown by past performance

condition for performing

in top form

form2 of 2verb

to give form or shape to : fashion, make

form the letter A

instruct sense 1, train

education forms the mind

make up sense 2, constitute

a hat formed of straw

develop sense 5, acquire

form a habit

to arrange in order

form a line

to take form : arise

fog forms in the valleys

to take a definite form, shape, or arrangement

the customers formed in lines

fortune-tellernoun

a person who claims to foretell future events