Used in a Sentence

ouija

Definitions, parts of speech, synonyms, and sentence examples for ouija.

Editorial note

In practice, it looks like someone guiding a person who is stimming as a human Ouija board[1].

Examples17
Definitions3
Parts of speech1

Quick take

(uncountable) The use of such a board to attempt to communicate with spirits.

Meaning at a glance

The clearest senses and uses of ouija gathered in one view.

noun

(uncountable) The use of such a board to attempt to communicate with spirits.

noun

Alternative letter-case form of Ouija. [(countable) A board, having letters of the alphabet and the words yes and no; used with a planchette during a seance to "communicate" with spirits.]

noun

(countable) A board, having letters of the alphabet and the words yes and no; used with a planchette during a seance to "communicate" with spirits.

Definitions

Core meanings and parts of speech for ouija.

noun

(uncountable) The use of such a board to attempt to communicate with spirits.

noun

Alternative letter-case form of Ouija. [(countable) A board, having letters of the alphabet and the words yes and no; used with a planchette during a seance to "communicate" with spirits.]

noun

(countable) A board, having letters of the alphabet and the words yes and no; used with a planchette during a seance to "communicate" with spirits.

Example sentences

1

In practice, it looks like someone guiding a person who is stimming as a human Ouija board[1].

2

But keeping abreast of pop culture is the worst market research you can do besides consulting a Ouija board.

3

Otherwise it becomes the software development version of a ouija board or a dowsing rod.

4

You don't need the Ouija board for one of them, but you are just listing your personal whitelist criteria to me.

5

All the hands on the corporate ouija board will shift in yet another direction.

6

How else do you propose the Fed sets interest rates, a Ouija board?

7

The whole thing is just a great big Ouija board of geek culture.

8

The practitioner silently omits incorrect options, just as superstitious teens neglect digrams that don't make sense when they are found with a Ouija board.

9

So we duplicate masses of effort from conscientious c++ hackers and simultaneously encourage ouija board decisions.

10

Mostly its still human driven, like the worlds biggest Ouija board (1).

11

It doesn't say how they measured memory usage (private working set, address space, ouija board stacks?) and doesn't share any of their data sets.

12

Instead you have to write that yourself or just ouija board.

Quote examples

1

I thought that " use Tarot cards or Ouija tables " was enough to mark the rest of the sentence as ironic.

2

): > Finalizers are a Ouija board, permitting dead objects to operate "from beyond the grave" and affect live objects.

3

I was impressed that one respondent said "ouija board planchette".

4

You have to bear in mind that right now the "gatekeepers" you're referring to are mostly completely non-technical HR people who might as well be using an Ouija board for all their proclivity finding good programmers.

Proper noun examples

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Interesting to read that there is a patent on the Ouija, issued in 1916.

Frequently asked questions

Short answers drawn from the clearest meanings and examples for this word.

How do you use ouija in a sentence?

In practice, it looks like someone guiding a person who is stimming as a human Ouija board[1].

What does ouija mean?

(uncountable) The use of such a board to attempt to communicate with spirits.

What part of speech is ouija?

ouija is commonly used as noun.