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noun
A set of spiritual practices and traditions created and concealed from slave-owners by enslaved Africans in North America, based on traditional African beliefs.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: uncountable
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noun
A practitioner of voodoo.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: US, countable, uncountable
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noun
Supernatural bad luck, or something or someone believed to bring bad luck.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: US, countable, uncountable
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noun
A tall thin spire of rock that protrudes from the bottom of arid basins and badlands.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: countable, uncountable
Topics: geography, geology, natural-sciences
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verb
To jinx; to bring bad luck or misfortune to.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: transitive
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noun
something believed to bring bad luck
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
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Broader terms: object, physical object
noun
a charm superstitiously believed to embody magical powers
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
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Synonyms: juju, voodoo, fetish, fetich
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: charm, good luck charm
noun
a practitioner of voodoo
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
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Broader terms: voodoo, vodoun, voodooism, hoodooism, priest, non-Christian priest
noun
(geology) a column of weathered and unusually shaped rock
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
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Broader terms: column, tower, pillar
verb
bring bad luck; be a source of misfortune
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
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Broader terms: be
History
Apparently an alteration of voodoo.
Across languages
13 source translations are retained for this English entry.
