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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
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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]
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voodoo
Past participle: voodooed
Gerund: voodooing
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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 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 deitiescultus, 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 |
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voodoo
(ˈvuːduː) noun a type of witchcraft originally practised by certain Negro races in the West Indies. vudú
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