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Hoodoo

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Noun

1. hoodoo

(geology) a column of weathered and unusually shaped rock

Example Sentences:
'a tall sandstone hoodoo'

2. hoodoo

a practitioner of voodoo

3. fetich, fetish, hoodoo, juju, voodoo

a charm superstitiously believed to embody magical powers

4. hoodoo

something believed to bring bad luck

Verb

5. hoodoo

bring bad luck; be a source of misfortune

WordNet Lexical Database for English. Princeton University. 2010.

Hoodoo

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noun plural -doos
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
verb -doos, -dooing or -dooed
5. (transitive) informal
to bring bad luck to

Collins English Dictionary. Copyright © HarperCollins Publishers

Hoodoo

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nounWord forms: plural ˈhooˌdoos
1. 
voodoo
2.  Informal
a. 
a person or thing that causes bad luck
b. 
bad luck
3. 
a natural rock formation of fantastic shape, esp. as found in the W U.S.
verb transitive
4. 
to cast a spell on or otherwise bring bad luck to

Webster’s New World College Dictionary, 4th Edition. Copyright © 2010 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt. All rights reserved.

Hoodoo

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n.pl. hoo•doos
1.
a. Magic healing and control, especially in African-based folk medicine in the United States and the Caribbean.Also called conjure.
b. A practitioner of hoodoo.
2. Voodoo.
3.
a. Bad luck.
b. One that brings bad luck.
4. Geology A column of eccentrically shaped rock, produced by differential weathering.
tr.v.hoo•dooed, hoo•doo•ing, hoo•doos
1. To practice hoodoo on; affect with a charm or curse.
2. To bring bad luck to.

The American Heritage ® Dictionary of the English Language, Fifth Edition copyright ©2018 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. All rights reserved.

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