hoodoo
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hoo·doo
(ho͞o′do͞o)n. pl. hoo·doos
1.
a. Magic healing and control, especially in African-based folk medicine in the United States and the Caribbean. Also called conjure.
b. A practitioner of hoodoo.
2. Voodoo.
3.
a. Bad luck.
b. One that brings bad luck.
4. Geology A column of eccentrically shaped rock, produced by differential weathering.
tr.v. hoo·dooed, hoo·doo·ing, hoo·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.]
hoo′doo·ism n.
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hoodoo
(ˈhuːduː)n, pl -doos
1. (Other Non-Christian Religions) a variant of voodoo
2. informal a person or thing that brings bad luck
3. informal bad luck
4. (Physical Geography) (in the western US and Canada) a strangely shaped column of rock
vb, -doos, -dooing or -dooed
(tr) informal to bring bad luck to
[C19: variant of voodoo]
ˈhoodooism n
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hoo•doo
(ˈhu du)n., pl. -doos,
v. n.
1. voodoo.
2. bad luck.
3. a person or thing that brings bad luck.
4. a pillar of rock, usu. of fantastic shape, left by erosion.
v.t. 5. to bring or cause bad luck to.
[1870–75, Amer.; appar. variant of voodoo]
hoo′doo•ism, n.
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hoodoo
- A person who practices voodoo; the word also describes a person or thing whose presence is supposed to bring bad luck.See also related terms for presence.
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hoodoo
Past participle: hoodooed
Gerund: hoodooing
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| Noun | 1. |  hoodoo - (geology) a column of weathered and unusually shaped rock; "a tall sandstone hoodoo"geology - a science that deals with the history of the earth as recorded in rocks |
| 2. | hoodoo - a practitioner of voodoo hoodooism, vodoun, voodooism, voodoo - a religious cult practiced chiefly in Caribbean countries (especially Haiti); involves witchcraft and animistic deities non-Christian priest, priest - a person who performs religious duties and ceremonies in a non-Christian religion | |
| 3. |  hoodoo - a charm superstitiously believed to embody magical powersgood luck charm, charm - something believed to bring good luck | |
| 4. | hoodoo - something believed to bring bad luck object, physical object - a tangible and visible entity; an entity that can cast a shadow; "it was full of rackets, balls and other objects" | |
| Verb | 1. | hoodoo - bring bad luck; be a source of misfortune be - have the quality of being; (copula, used with an adjective or a predicate noun); "John is rich"; "This is not a good answer" |
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hoodoo
noun (Informal) jinx, curse, bad luck, voodoo, nemesis, hex (U.S. & Canad. informal), evil eye, evil star It'll take a football miracle if we are to break that hoodoo.
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hoodoo
[ˈhuːduː] N (= voodoo) → vudú m; (= jinx) → gafe m, mala suerte fthere's a hoodoo on it → tiene gafe
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