cootie catcher
Paper prediction toy
A cootie catcher is a folded paper toy used in children's fortune-telling games.
The square of paper is creased into a shape that opens and closes with finger movements, revealing hidden messages or predictions underneath flaps.
Also called a fortune teller or chatterbox.
She made a cootie catcher to decide who had a crush on whom.
Wealth or destiny
- predictionForecast of coming events
- secretsConcealed information
- crushesCompresses with force
- playgroundChildren's outdoor recreation space
recess · schoolyard · classmates · giggles · dares · truths · friendship · peers
One who predicts futures
- predictionForecast of coming events
- divinationForetelling through mystical means
- fatePredetermined course of events
- chanceLikelihood of occurrence
destiny · oracle · future · mystery · magic · reveal · choice · selection
Bend onto itself
- creaseLine from folding
- origamiSculptural paper-creasing art
- paperPressed pulp for writing
- symmetryInvariance under transformation
geometry · square · flaps · pockets · corners · pinch · open · close
Stored past experiences
- reminiscenceRecalling past experiences
- throwbackReturn to ancestral type
- yesteryearTime not long past
- sentimentalityExcessive tender emotion
wistfulness · longing · recollection · flashback · bygone · retro · vintage · elementary school
fortune
Wealth or destiny
- predictionForecast of coming events
- secretsConcealed information
- crushesCompresses with force
playground · recess · schoolyard · classmates · giggles · dares · truths · friendship · peers · passing notes
fortune teller
One who predicts futures
- predictionForecast of coming events
- divinationForetelling through mystical means
- fatePredetermined course of events
chance · destiny · oracle · future · mystery · magic · reveal · choice · selection · random
fold
Bend onto itself
symmetry · geometry · square · flaps · pockets · corners · pinch · open · close · fingers
memories
Stored past experiences
- reminiscenceRecalling past experiences
- throwbackReturn to ancestral type
- yesteryearTime not long past
sentimentality · wistfulness · longing · recollection · flashback · bygone · retro · vintage · elementary school · old times
- teen gamestruth or dare, spin the bottle, seven minutes in heaven, pillow fight, pillow fights
- foldsfolds, fold, pleats, pleat, creases
- paper gameshangman, tic-tac-toe, dots and boxes, battleship, boxes
- schoolyardplayground, slide, swings, monkey bars, sandbox
cootie catchertarot reading
Fortune-telling via symbolic cards
palm reading · augury · scrying · I Ching · crystal ball
cootie catcherorganized sports
Regulated competitive physical activities
chess tournament · board game · video game · official rules · Olympic event
cootie, cooties, catcher, catch, catches, caught, catching, catchable