Ouija board

English

Alternative forms

• ouija board

Noun

Ouija board (plural Ouija boards)

1. Alternative form of Ouija (“board used to try to communicate with spirits”).
   • 1919, Arthur Conan Doyle, The Vital Message‎^[1]:

     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.

   • 1990, Morrissey (lyrics and music), “Ouija Board, Ouija Board”, in Bona Drag:

     Ouija board / Would you work for me? / I have got to say "Hello" / To an old friend

   • 2021, Jenni Fagan, Luckenbooth, William Heinemann, page 139:

     Archie forces himself across the floor to see what the Ouija board is spelling out.

2. (aviation) A tabletop model of the individual aircraft and their locations on a carrier.