HOODOO

hoodoo

(noun) something believed to bring bad luck

juju, voodoo, hoodoo, fetish, fetich

(noun) a charm superstitiously believed to embody magical powers

hoodoo

(noun) a practitioner of voodoo

hoodoo

(noun) (geology) a column of weathered and unusually shaped rock; “a tall sandstone hoodoo”

hoodoo

(verb) bring bad luck; be a source of misfortune

Source: WordNet® 3.1

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Etymology

Noun

hoodoo (countable and uncountable, plural hoodoos)

(chiefly, US) A practitioner of voodoo.

(chiefly, US) Supernatural bad luck, or something or someone believed to bring bad luck.

(geology) A tall thin spire of rock that protrudes from the bottom of arid basins and badlands.

Synonyms

• (spire of rock): tent rock, fairy chimney, earth pyramid

Verb

hoodoo (third-person singular simple present hoodoos, present participle hoodooing, simple past and past participle hoodooed)

(transitive) To jinx; to bring bad luck or misfortune to.

Source: Wiktionary

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Hoo"doo, n. Etym: [Perh. a var. of voodoo.]

Definition: One who causes bad luck. [Colloq.]

Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition

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