jinx

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A person or thing supposed to bring bad luck
Used after the same response is said by two people simultaneously. Often, a game is played where the person who failed to say "jinx" first becomes "jinxed", whereby they cannot speak until someone says their name
To cast a spell on
To bring bad luck to
A hex; an evil spell
foredoom to failure; "This project is jinxed!"
an evil spell; "a witch put a curse on his whole family"; "he put the whammy on me"
cast a spell over someone or something; put a hex on someone or something
You can call something or someone that is considered to be unlucky or to bring bad luck a jinx. He was beginning to think he was a jinx. someone or something that brings bad luck, or a period of bad luck that results from this (Perhaps from jynx type of bird used in doing magic (17-19 centuries), from iygx)
{i} something or someone who brings bad luck
A person, object, influence, or supernatural being which is supposed to bring bad luck or to cause things to go wrong
Used after the same response is said by two people simultaneously
a person believed to bring bad luck to those around him
{f} bring bad luck upon, cast an evil spell upon; place a jinx on
foredoom to failure; "This project is jinxed!
reverse jinx
A prediction which is the opposite of the outcome desired by the person making it
jinxed
past of jinx
jinxed
If something is jinxed, it is considered to be unlucky or to bring bad luck. often having bad luck, or making people have bad luck
jinxed
{s} unlucky, unfortunate
jinxed
(usually used colloquially) causing or accompanied by misfortune
jinxes
plural of jinx
jinxing
{s} that brings bad luck upon, that casts an evil spell upon
jinx
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