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hoodoo

[ hoo-doo ]

noun

plural hoodoos.
  1. Hoodoo. African American folk magic practiced predominantly in the southeastern United States through rituals of protection, herbal medicine, charming of objects, and ancestor veneration. Compare Vodou ( def ), Voodoo ( def 1 ).
  2. (in popular culture) bad luck, or a person or thing that brings bad luck.
  3. Geology. a pillar of rock, usually of fantastic shape, left by erosion.


verb (used with object)

hoodooed, hoodooing.
  1. (in popular culture) to bring or cause bad luck to.

hoodoo

/ ˈːː /

noun

  1. a variant of voodoo
  2. informal.
    a person or thing that brings bad luck
  3. informal.
    bad luck
  4. (in the western US and Canada) a strangely shaped column of rock
“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012

verb

  1. informal.
    tr to bring bad luck to
“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012
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Derived Forms

  • ˈǴǻǴǾ, noun
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Word History and Origins

Origin of hoodoo1

An Americanism dating back to 1870–75; apparently a variant of Voodoo
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Word History and Origins

Origin of hoodoo1

C19: variant of voodoo
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There’s dread in the hoodoo mysticism that blues voices like Sammie’s have — voices with the power, like Orpheus, to unite the living and the dead.

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Joined by a lyrical harmonica and Caton’s vocals, it’s music that almost lets the audience smell the cotton fields and country roads and smoke-filled hoodoo huts.

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So I may as well say a hoodoo like this one will continue and City will get over the line, even if Newcastle do definitely have a goal or two in them.

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She was superb against an off-colour Swiatek earlier in the week to put her quarter-final hoodoo behind her - but she started terribly against Muchova, much to the shock of the crowd.

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Hikes into the mountains bring you winter views of the hoodoos, a distinct landmark of the Columbia Valley.

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