Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- noun Magic healing and control, especially in African-based folk medicine in the United States and the Caribbean.
- noun A practitioner of hoodoo.
- noun Voodoo.
- noun Bad luck.
- noun One that brings bad luck.
- noun Geology A column of eccentrically shaped rock, produced by differential weathering.
- transitive verb To practice hoodoo on; affect with a charm or curse.
- transitive verb To bring bad luck to.
from The Century Dictionary.
- Same as
voodoo . - To bring or cause bad luck to, as a person or an enterprise.
- noun Same as
voodoo . - noun [From the verb.] A bewitchment; an occult cause of bad luck; hence, a person supposed to bring bad luck: opposed to mascot.
- noun A name given in the northwestern United States to certain grotesque columns, the products of volcanic action and erosion, left standing on the slopes of mountains and in deep gulches.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- noun Western U. S. A natural rock pile or pinnacle of fantastic shape.
- noun colloq. One who causes bad luck.
- noun Same as
voodoo . - noun Bad luck.
- transitive verb Colloq., U. S. To be a hoodoo to; to bring bad luck to by occult influence; to bewitch.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- noun African traditional folk magic.
- noun geology A tall thin spire of rock that protrudes from the bottom of arid
basins andbadlands . - noun Something or someone believed to bring
bad luck . - verb To bring
bad luck ormisfortune , tojinx .
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- verb bring bad luck; be a source of misfortune
- noun (geology) a column of weathered and unusually shaped rock
- noun a charm superstitiously believed to embody magical powers
- noun a practitioner of voodoo
- noun something believed to bring bad luck
Etymologies
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License
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Examples
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LOL A hoodoo is a swamp critter thatll eatcha up especially at night in the deep dark swamp!!
An 18-Year Bear Hunt 2007
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"The name hoodoo comes from the word voodoo and was given to these geological formations by the Europeans," notes a sign on one of the trails.
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"The name hoodoo comes from the word voodoo and was given to these geological formations by the Europeans," notes a sign on one of the trails.
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How Lucas responds could go a long way towards determining if Liverpool finally break that title hoodoo, especially since
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They say it has what you Americans call a hoodoo on it.
Chapter 8 2010
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So, when Superman commanded everyone to resist hypnotic suggestions, he unwittingly undid his own hypnotic hoodoo, which is why Lana didn't see Superman as Clark, even when wearing Clark's get-up.
Archive 2004-02-29 2004
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So, when Superman commanded everyone to resist hypnotic suggestions, he unwittingly undid his own hypnotic hoodoo, which is why Lana didn't see Superman as Clark, even when wearing Clark's get-up.
Archive 2004-03-01 2004
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So, when Superman commanded everyone to resist hypnotic suggestions, he unwittingly undid his own hypnotic hoodoo, which is why Lana didn't see Superman as Clark, even when wearing Clark's get-up.
Archive 2004-02-29 2004
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They say it has what you Americans call a hoodoo on it.
Local Colour 1911
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This would have been the case if, as you suppose, the hoodoo were a myth begotten of a series of fortuitous events.
oroboros commented on the word hoodoo
Hoodoo dat? Yoodoo dat?
August 22, 2007
uselessness commented on the word hoodoo
Ayedoo dat. Alldah thyme.
August 22, 2007
oroboros commented on the word hoodoo
Well, then cumin jine de crowd.
August 22, 2007
uselessness commented on the word hoodoo
Owe buoy! Thistle be grate!
August 22, 2007
reesetee commented on the word hoodoo
Ouch. Ow. It hurts to read this.
August 22, 2007
uselessness commented on the word hoodoo
Wide own chew step comm planing all reddy den?
August 22, 2007
oroboros commented on the word hoodoo
Wye? Awn a count o' becose! 'Ats why.
August 22, 2007
uselessness commented on the word hoodoo
Icy. Write den, mini apollo jeez miff rend.
August 22, 2007
reesetee commented on the word hoodoo
The pain! The pain!
August 22, 2007
uselessness commented on the word hoodoo
Sore rhea bout dat.
August 22, 2007
oroboros commented on the word hoodoo
No arm, no fowl, Amy go. Tink no sing off it...
August 22, 2007
uselessness commented on the word hoodoo
Oak hay.
August 22, 2007
apepch7 commented on the word hoodoo
ya think you are?
June 2, 2008