Meaning of HOODOO
| Pronunciation: | | 'hoodoo
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- [n] something believed to bring bad luck
- [n] a charm superstitiously believed to embody magical powers
- [n] a practitioner of voodoo
- [v] bring back luck; be a source of misfortune
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| | Synonyms: | | fetich, fetish, juju, voodoo |
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| | See Also: | | be, charm, good luck charm, hoodooism, non-Christian priest, priest, stuff, sundries, sundry, vodoun, voodoo, voodooism, whatchamacallit, whatsis | |
| Webster's 1913 Dictionary |
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\Hoo"doo\, n. [Perh. a var. of voodoo.]
One who causes bad luck. [Colloq.]
\Hoo"doo\, v. t.
To be a hoodoo to; to bring bad luck to by occult influence;
to bewitch. [Colloq., U. S.]
\Hoo"doo\, n.
A natural rock pile or pinnacle of fantastic shape. [Western
U. S.]
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| | Related Terms: | | alchemy, amulet, bad influence, bedevil, bewitch, bewitchery, bring bad luck, charm, curse, demonize, diabolize, divination, enchantment, evil eye, evil genius, evil star, fetish, fetishism, fylfot, gammadion, glamour, good-luck charm, gramarye, hex, ill wind, jinx, Jonah, juju, jujuism, love charm, lucky bean, lucky piece, madstone, magic, malevolent influence, malocchio, mascot, mumbo jumbo, natural magic, necromancy, obeah, obsess, overlook, periapt, philter, phylactery, possess, rune, scarab, scarabaeus, scarabee, shamanism, sorcery, sortilege, spell, spellbinding, spellcasting, sudarium, swastika, sympathetic magic, talisman, thaumaturgia, thaumaturgics, thaumaturgism, thaumaturgy, theurgy, vampirism, veronica, voodoo, voodooism, wanga, whammy, white magic, witch, witchcraft, witchery, witchwork, wizardry |
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