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| hoo·doo [ hdoo ] |
noun (plural hoo·doos) |
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1. religion
Same as voodoon (sense 2)
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2. bad luck: bad luck or misfortune
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3. bringer of bad luck: somebody or something believed to bring bad luck
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4. oddly-shaped rock column: in the western United States and Canada, a column of rock that has been weathered into a strange shape
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transitive verb (past and past participle hoo·dooed, present participle hoo·doo·ing, 3rd person present singular hoo·doos) |
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jinx somebody or something: to appear to bring bad luck or misfortune to somebody or something
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| [Late 19th century. Origin ?] |
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  hoo·doo·ism noun |
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