fortune cookie

fortune cookie noun: a type of hollow snack, common in westernized Chinese cuisine: a crisp sugary wafer containing a message on a narrow strip of paper, generally with a wise or vaguely prophetic message or random numbers usable in a lottery printed on the paper.

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Noun

fortune cookie (plural fortune cookies)

A type of hollow snack, common in westernized Chinese cuisine: a crisp sugary wafer containing a message on a narrow strip of paper, generally with a wise or vaguely prophetic message or random numbers usable in a lottery printed on the paper.
- […]the Chinese atmosphere of the afternoon was pleasantly deepened with real Chinese tea, fortune cookies and honest to goodness ginger which Mrs. Palmtag managed to find some place (in Monterey)[…]1942 May 8, The Carmel Pine Cone
- For dessert, a dish of preserved fruits—perhaps Chinese kumquats, each speared with its individual toothpick, and a plate of Chinese fortune cookies (Mai Ping), crisp, thin, folded rice cakes, each containing a little slip of paper with a lucky proverb or fortune.1942 July, House & Garden
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(slang) The vulva of canine species.
- that's why I love wearing a skirt with no underwear! plus if you see someone cute you can flash them your plump juicy fortune cookie and tease them when they get an obvious bulge with a wet spot :32025 July 27, @talkshowghost.com, Bluesky (post), archived from the original on 17 Mar 2026

fortune cookie meaning in Arabic and Thai

fortune cookie in Arabic

snack: كَعْكَة الحَظّ

fortune cookie in Thai

snack: คุกกี้เสี่ยงทาย kúk-gîi-sìiang-taai

Examples of fortune cookie in a sentence

I read my future in a fortune cookie / Without any safety procedure in mind2006, “Courtesy Laughs”, in It's Never Been Like That, performed by Phoenix:
It states that the fortune cookie is not to be taken lightly.2009, Jon Paul Fiorentino, Stripmalling, ECW Press, →ISBN, page 23:

Forms of fortune cookie

plural	fortune cookies

Origin of fortune cookie

First attested in 1942 (see quotations below). The slang sense is from the canine vulva resembling the cleft shape of the snack.

Questions about fortune cookie

What does fortune cookie mean?: Fortune cookie means a type of hollow snack, common in westernized Chinese cuisine: a crisp sugary wafer containing a message on a narrow strip of paper, generally with a wise or vaguely prophetic message or random numbers usable in a lottery printed on the paper.
What is fortune cookie in Arabic?: Fortune cookie in Arabic is كَعْكَة الحَظّ. See Fortune cookie meaning in Arabic.
How do you use fortune cookie in a sentence?: I read my future in a fortune cookie / Without any safety procedure in mind
What part of speech is fortune cookie?: Fortune cookie is a noun.
What is the plural of fortune cookie?: The plural of fortune cookie is fortune cookies.

Words near fortune cookie in the dictionary

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Last updated: 2026-09-02

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