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hoodoo
[hoo-doo]
noun
plural
hoodoosHoodoo. African American folk magic practiced predominantly in the southeastern United States through rituals of protection, herbal medicine, charming of objects, and ancestor veneration.
(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
/ ˈhuːduː /
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
Other Word Forms
- hoodooism noun
Word History and Origins
Word History and Origins
Origin of hoodoo1
Example Sentences
Performance aside, with seven points on the board and bottom seeds Belarus to face at the weekend, Clarke's side have given themselves a great chance of ending the nation's 27-year World Cup hoodoo.
The Bulls have lost a second URC final in succession, having fallen to Glasgow last year, but it was Leinster's day as they got over their final hoodoo.
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.
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