hoodoo

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to bring bad luck or misfortune, to jinx
something or someone believed to bring bad luck
A tall thin spire of rock that protrudes from the bottom of arid basins and badlands
African traditional folk magic
A natural rock pile or pinnacle of fantastic shape
something believed to bring bad luck a practitioner of voodoo a column of weathered and eccentrically shaped rock; "a tall sandstone hoodoo" bring back luck; be a source of misfortune
{f} cause bad luck, bring bad luck
bring back luck; be a source of misfortune
something believed to bring bad luck a practitioner of voodoo a column of weathered and eccentrically shaped rock; "a tall sandstone hoodoo"
One who causes bad luck
a practitioner of voodoo
something believed to bring bad luck
To be a hoodoo to; to bring bad luck to by occult influence; to bewitch
{i} one who practices voodoo; person or thing which brings bad luck
a column of weathered and eccentrically shaped rock; "a tall sandstone hoodoo"
a charm superstitiously believed to embody magical powers
hoodoos
plural of hoodoo
hoodoo

    Silbentrennung

    hoo·doo

    Aussprache

    Etymologie

    [ 'hü-(")dü ] (noun.) 1875. Hausa, hu'du'ba/hu3'du3'ba1 (“to arouse resentment”). In English, meaning altered to “bring bad luck”, then applied to things thought to bring bad luck, including the thin spires of rock now called hoodoos. Previously incorrectly analyzed as alteration of voodoo, which is of different origin.
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