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hoodoo
[ hoo-doo ]
noun
- 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 ).
- (in popular culture) bad luck, or a person or thing that brings bad luck.
- Geology. a pillar of rock, usually of fantastic shape, left by erosion.
verb (used with object)
- (in popular culture) to bring or cause bad luck to.
hoodoo
/ ˈːː /
noun
- a variant of voodoo
- informal.a person or thing that brings bad luck
- informal.bad luck
- (in the western US and Canada) a strangely shaped column of rock
verb
- informal.tr to bring bad luck to
Derived Forms
- ˈǴǻǴǾ, noun
Word History and Origins
Word History and Origins
Origin of hoodoo1
Example Sentences
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.
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.
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.
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.
Hikes into the mountains bring you winter views of the hoodoos, a distinct landmark of the Columbia Valley.
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