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Definition of crystal-gazing noun from the Oxford Advanced American Dictionary

crystal-gazing

noun

[uncountable]

1the activity of looking at a crystal ball in order to predict the future

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2attempts to predict what will happen in the future, especially when these are considered to be not very scientific

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