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Ouija board en · NOUN

Pronunciation

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  • /ˈwiːd͡ʒə bɔɹd/

Meanings

  1. A tabletop model of the individual aircraft and their locations on a carrier.
  2. Synonym of Ouija (“a board used to try to communicate with spirits”).
    • Ouija board / Would you work for me? / I have got to say "Hello" / To an old friend 1990, Morrissey, “Ouija Board, Ouija Board”, in Bona Drag:
    • These, then, are the usual means by which we receive psychic messages, though table tilting, ouija boards, glasses upon a smooth surface, or anything which can be moved by the vital animal-magnetic force already discussed will equally serve the purpose. 1919, Arthur Conan Doyle, The Vital Message:
    • She had an intuition that the A.I. chatbot might be able to channel communications with her subconscious or a higher plane, “like how Ouija boards work,” she said. 2025 June 13, Kashmir Hill, “They Asked ChatGPT Questions. The Answers Sent Them Spiraling.”, in The New York Times, →ISSN:
    • Archie forces himself across the floor to see what the Ouija board is spelling out. 2021, Jenni Fagan, Luckenbooth, William Heinemann, page 139:

Forms

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ouija board alternative lexicographic
Ouija boards Number=Plur lexicographic

Synonyms

Ouija