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voo·doo

(vo͞o′do͞o)

n. pl. voo·doos

1. A religion of West African origin practiced chiefly in Haiti and other Caribbean countries, based on animism, magic, and elements of Roman Catholic ritual, and characterized by belief in a supreme God and a large pantheon of local and tutelary deities, deified ancestors, and saints, who communicate with believers in dreams, trances, and ritual possessions. Also called vodoun.

2. A practitioner, priest, or priestess of voodoo.

3. Deceptive or delusive nonsense.

tr.v. voo·dooed, voo·doo·ing, voo·doos

To place under the influence of a spell or curse; bewitch.

adj.

1. Of or relating to the beliefs or practices of voodoo.

2. Based on unrealistic or delusive assumptions: voodoo economics.

[Louisiana French voudou, from Ewe vodu and Fon vodun.]

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voodoo

(ˈvuːduː)

n, pl -doos

1. (Other Non-Christian Religions) Also called: voodooism a religious cult involving witchcraft and communication by trance with ancestors and animistic deities, common in Haiti and other Caribbean islands

2. (Other Non-Christian Religions) a person who practises voodoo

3. (Other Non-Christian Religions) a charm, spell, or fetish involved in voodoo worship and ritual

adj

(Other Non-Christian Religions) relating to or associated with voodoo

vb, -doos, -dooing or -dooed

(Other Non-Christian Religions) (tr) to affect by or as if by the power of voodoo

[C19: from Louisiana French voudou, ultimately of West African origin; compare Ewe vodu guardian spirit]

ˈvoodooist n

ˌvoodooˈistic adj

Collins English Dictionary – Complete and Unabridged, 12th Edition 2014 © HarperCollins Publishers 1991, 1994, 1998, 2000, 2003, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2011, 2014

voo•doo

(ˈvu du)
n.

1. a polytheistic religion practiced chiefly by West Indians, deriving principally from African cult worship and containing elements borrowed from the Catholic religion.

2. a person who practices this religion.

3. a fetish or other object of voodoo worship.

4. black magic; sorcery.

adj.

5. of, associated with, or practicing voodoo.

6. deceptively simple: voodoo economics.

v.t.

7. to affect by voodoo sorcery.

[1810–20, Amer.; < Louisiana French, earlier vandoux, vandoo]

voodoo

Past participle: voodooed
Gerund: voodooing

Imperative
voodoo
voodoo

Present
I voodoo
you voodoo
he/she/it voodoos
we voodoo
you voodoo
they voodoo

Preterite
I voodooed
you voodooed
he/she/it voodooed
we voodooed
you voodooed
they voodooed

Present Continuous
I am voodooing
you are voodooing
he/she/it is voodooing
we are voodooing
you are voodooing
they are voodooing

Present Perfect
I have voodooed
you have voodooed
he/she/it has voodooed
we have voodooed
you have voodooed
they have voodooed

Past Continuous
I was voodooing
you were voodooing
he/she/it was voodooing
we were voodooing
you were voodooing
they were voodooing

Past Perfect
I had voodooed
you had voodooed
he/she/it had voodooed
we had voodooed
you had voodooed
they had voodooed

Future
I will voodoo
you will voodoo
he/she/it will voodoo
we will voodoo
you will voodoo
they will voodoo

Future Perfect
I will have voodooed
you will have voodooed
he/she/it will have voodooed
we will have voodooed
you will have voodooed
they will have voodooed

Future Continuous
I will be voodooing
you will be voodooing
he/she/it will be voodooing
we will be voodooing
you will be voodooing
they will be voodooing

Present Perfect Continuous
I have been voodooing
you have been voodooing
he/she/it has been voodooing
we have been voodooing
you have been voodooing
they have been voodooing

Future Perfect Continuous
I will have been voodooing
you will have been voodooing
he/she/it will have been voodooing
we will have been voodooing
you will have been voodooing
they will have been voodooing

Past Perfect Continuous
I had been voodooing
you had been voodooing
he/she/it had been voodooing
we had been voodooing
you had been voodooing
they had been voodooing

Conditional
I would voodoo
you would voodoo
he/she/it would voodoo
we would voodoo
you would voodoo
they would voodoo

Past Conditional
I would have voodooed
you would have voodooed
he/she/it would have voodooed
we would have voodooed
you would have voodooed
they would have voodooed

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voodoo

A religious cult practiced in Haiti and in parts of the Caribbean, Brazil, and the southern states of America. Voodoo mixes beliefs and rites of Africa with elements from the Catholic religion.

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Noun	1.	voodoo - a charm superstitiously believed to embody magical powers fetich, fetish, juju, hoodoo good luck charm, charm - something believed to bring good luck
	2.	voodoo - (Haiti) followers of a religion that involves witchcraft and animistic deities cult - followers of an exclusive system of religious beliefs and practices Haiti, Republic of Haiti - a republic in the West Indies on the western part of the island of Hispaniola; achieved independence from France in 1804; the poorest and most illiterate nation in the western hemisphere
	3.	voodoo - a religious cult practiced chiefly in Caribbean countries (especially Haiti); involves witchcraft and animistic deities hoodooism, vodoun, voodooism cultus, religious cult, cult - a system of religious beliefs and rituals; "devoted to the cultus of the Blessed Virgin" hoodoo - a practitioner of voodoo zombi, zombi spirit, zombie spirit, zombie - (voodooism) a spirit or supernatural force that reanimates a dead body
Verb	1.	voodoo - bewitch by or as if by a voodoo glamour, hex, jinx, witch, bewitch, enchant - cast a spell over someone or something; put a hex on someone or something

voodoo

verb

To act upon with or as if with magic:

bewitch, charm, enchant, enthrall, entrance, spell, spellbind, witch.

Translations

فودو: مَزيج من السِّحْر والشَّعْوَذَه

čarodějnictví

voodoo

Voodoo

vudú

voodoo

vaudou

vúdú

buršanamaģija

voodoo

büyüvudu

伏都教

voodoo

[ˈvuːduː] N → vudú m

Collins Spanish Dictionary - Complete and Unabridged 8th Edition 2005 © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1971, 1988 © HarperCollins Publishers 1992, 1993, 1996, 1997, 2000, 2003, 2005

voodoo

[ˈvuːduː] n → vaudou m

voodoo

n → Voodoo m, → Wodu m

Collins German Dictionary – Complete and Unabridged 7th Edition 2005. © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1980 © HarperCollins Publishers 1991, 1997, 1999, 2004, 2005, 2007

voodoo

[ˈvuːduː] n → vudù m

voodoo

(ˈvuːduː) noun

a type of witchcraft originally practised by certain Negro races in the West Indies.

voodoo

n vudú m

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