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crystal-gazing

crystal-gazing noun: the action or practice of gazing into a crystal ball in the hope or belief of seeing the future.

Noun

crystal-gazing (countable and uncountable, plural crystal-gazings)

  1. The action or practice of gazing into a crystal ball in the hope or belief of seeing the future.
  2. (figuratively) The making of predictions about the future, especially when these are seen as very speculative.
    • The government's financial forecasts are just crystal-gazing.

Forms of crystal-gazing

pluralcrystal-gazings

Questions about crystal-gazing

What does crystal-gazing mean?
Crystal-gazing means the action or practice of gazing into a crystal ball in the hope or belief of seeing the future.
What part of speech is crystal-gazing?
Crystal-gazing is a noun.
What is the plural of crystal-gazing?
The plural of crystal-gazing is crystal-gazings.

Words near crystal-gazing in the dictionary

  1. crystal-clear
  2. crystal-clearer
  3. crystal-clearest
  4. crystal-gazer
  5. crystal-gazers
  6. crystal-gazing
  7. crystal-gazings
  8. crystal-like
  9. crystaled
  10. crystalic
  11. crystalinity

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