fortune cookie

noun

: a thin cookie folded to contain a slip of paper on which is printed a fortune, proverb, or humorous statement

Examples of fortune cookie in a Sentence

Recent Examples on the Web

The French Silk pie that came with the fortune cookies didn't appear on the bill. —Kyle Stokes, Axios, 28 Oct. 2024

In Freaky Friday, the pair starred as single mother Tess and teen daughter Anna Coleman, who switch bodies after opening an enchanted fortune cookie and have to walk a day in each other’s shoes before getting back to normal. —Glenn Garner, Deadline, 18 Aug. 2024

Little bags that once held fortune cookies, with pagodas faintly printed on them in red. —Ian Frazier, The New Yorker, 15 July 2024

While all record stores have a recognizable musk, Delta Breeze’s fragrance in the ground-floor of a 100-year-old Victorian duplex is complemented with the aroma of fortune cookies baking next door. —Blake Gillespie, SPIN, 11 June 2024

Word History

First Known Use

1940, in the meaning defined above

Kids Definition

fortune cookie

noun

: a thin cookie folded to contain a slip of paper on which is written a fortune