origami

Speech parts

1. origami - Noun

2. origami - Verb

Meaning

the Japanese art of folding paper into shapes representing objects (e.g., flowers or birds)

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Examples

Don't bother her, don't try to talk to her, don't even look at her, or I'll fold you in half so many times you'll look like a tiny little origami werewolf. Cassandra Clare

Origami helps in the study of mathematics and science in many ways. ... Using origami anyone can become a scientific experimenter with no fuss. Martin David Kruskal

I tell myself that after four children my belly is already so stretched and flabby that I have to do origami to get my pants buttoned. One more pregnancy and I'd be doomed to elastic waists for the rest of my life. Ayelet Waldman

Children make up the best songs, anyway. Better than grown-ups. Kids are always working on songs and throwing them away, like little origami things or paper airplanes. They don't care if they lose it; they'll just make another one. Tom Waits

Food should not be origami. Kerry Jackson

An arts degree is like a diploma in origami. And about as much use. J. G. Ballard

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