hoodoo

(hū'dū)
n., pl., -doos.

1. 1. Magic healing and control, especially in African-based folk medicine in the United States and the Caribbean. Also called conjure.
   2. A practitioner of hoodoo.
2. Voodoo.
3. 1. Bad luck.
   2. One that brings bad luck.
4. Geology. A column of eccentrically shaped rock, produced by differential weathering.

tr.v., -dooed, -doo·ing, -doos.

1. To practice hoodoo on; affect with a charm or curse.
2. To bring bad luck to.

[Of West African origin, possibly from VOODOO.]

hoodooism hoo'doo·ism n.

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noun

Something or someone believed to bring bad luck: curse, hex. Informal jinx. See luck/misfortune/chance.

verb

To bring bad luck or evil to: curse, hex. Informal jinx. See luck/misfortune/chance.

U.S., of African origin
1) a body of practices of sympathetic magic traditional esp. among blacks in the southern U.S.: voodoo
2) a natural column of rock in western No. America, formed usu. by differential weathering; an earth-pillar, often in fantastic form
3) something that brings bad luck

For a list of words related to hoodoo, see:

• Rites, Practices, Spells, and Symbols - hoodoo: voodoo, bad luck

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Dansk (Danish)
n. - ulykkesfugl, uheld, ulykke
v. tr. - forhekse

Nederlands (Dutch)
onheil, ongeluksbode, voodoo, vreemde rotsvorming, onheil brengen, beheksen

Français (French)
n. - poisse
v. tr. - apporter la poisse à qn

Deutsch (German)
n. - Fluch, Unglück
v. - Unglück bringen

Ελληνική (Greek)
n. - (καθομ.) γρουσούζης
v. - (α)βασκαίνω, γρουσουζεύω

Italiano (Italian)
sfortuna, iettatore, gettare il malocchio a

Português (Portuguese)
n. - pessoa (f) ou coisa (f) maléfica, má sorte (f), formação (f) rochosa (EUA)
v. - trazer má sorte

Русский (Russian)
колдовство, колдовской, приносить несчастья, заколдовать

Español (Spanish)
n. - vudú, aojo
v. tr. - echar el mal de ojo, traer mala suerte

Svenska (Swedish)
n. - olycksbringare, otur
v. - bringa olycka över

中文（简体）(Chinese (Simplified))
招来不幸的人, 不祥的人, 使倒霉

中文（繁體）(Chinese (Traditional))
n. - 招來不幸的人, 不祥的人
v. tr. - 使倒楣

한국어 (Korean)
n. - 미신, 재수없는 것, 재수가 없는 사람
v. tr. - 불운을 가져오다

日本語 (Japanese)
n. - …にまじないをかける, まじない, 不運, 岩柱, 縁起の悪い人
v. - 不運にする

العربيه (Arabic)
‏(الاسم) الودونيه, دين زنجي أفريقي الأصل منتشر بين زنوج هاييتي ويقوم في الدرجه الأولى على السحر, والعرافه, المشعوذ أو الساحر, تعويذة, الجالب للنحس, حظ عاثر (فعل) يجلب أو يسبب النحس ل‏

עברית (Hebrew)
n. - ‮מזל רע‬
v. tr. - ‮הביא מזל רע ל-‬

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