hoodoo
Some hoodoos (spires of rock).
Meanings
Noun
- A set of spiritual practices and traditions created and concealed from slave-owners by enslaved Africans in North America, based on traditional African beliefs.
- A practitioner of voodoo.
- Supernatural bad luck, or something or someone believed to bring bad luck.
- A tall thin spire of rock that protrudes from the bottom of arid basins and badlands.
Verb
- To jinx; to bring bad luck or misfortune to.
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Origin
- Apparently an alteration of voodoo.
Modern English dictionary
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