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CRYSTAL GAZING

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does crystal gazing mean? 

CRYSTAL GAZING (noun)
  The noun CRYSTAL GAZING has 1 sense:

1. staring into a crystal ball to arouse visions of future or distant eventsplay

  Familiarity information: CRYSTAL GAZING used as a noun is very rare.


 Dictionary entry details 


CRYSTAL GAZING (noun)


Sense 1

Meaning:

Staring into a crystal ball to arouse visions of future or distant events

Classified under:

Nouns denoting cognitive processes and contents

Hypernyms ("crystal gazing" is a kind of...):

prognostication; prophecy; vaticination (knowledge of the future (usually said to be obtained from a divine source))


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