intj
Meaning 1
Used after the same thing is said by two people simultaneously.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: snap
Antonyms: none provided
Standard Lemma guide
jinx
Definitions and examples are grouped by meaning. Pronunciation, history, word forms, translations, descendants, synonyms, antonyms, derived terms, and related words appear whenever the source provides them.
Sound
Pronunciation
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UK, US: /d͡ʒɪŋks/
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Canada: Recorded audio is listed in the source snapshot.
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Australia: Recorded audio is listed in the source snapshot.
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homophone: jynx
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rhymes with -ɪŋks
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CMU ARPABET: JH IH1 NG K S Digits mark lexical stress: 1 primary, 2 secondary, 0 unstressed.
noun
Meaning 2
A hex; an evil spell.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
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Meaning relationships
Synonyms: curse, hoodoo, Indian sign, spell
Antonyms: none provided
noun
Meaning 3
A person or thing supposed to bring bad luck.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
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Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
verb
Meaning 4
To cast a spell on.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: transitive
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Meaning relationships
Synonyms: bewitch, hex, maleficiate, bechat, becry, beglammer, bespell, conjure, enchant, englamour, ensorcell, enspell, forspeak, glamour, jinx, mojo, spell, spellbind, spellcast, witch
Antonyms: none provided
verb
Meaning 5
To bring bad luck to.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: transitive
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Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
verb
Meaning 6
To cause something to happen by mentioning it. Often used sarcastically.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: transitive
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
verb
Meaning 7
To cause a bad outcome through verbal expression of certainty about a good situation or result. See knocking on wood, which is supposed to mitigate this effect.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: transitive
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
noun
Meaning 8
an evil spell
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
Examples
- a witch put a curse on his whole family
- he put the whammy on me
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: hex, curse, whammy
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: spell, magic spell, magical spell, charm
noun
Meaning 9
a person believed to bring bad luck to those around him
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: jonah
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: unfortunate, unfortunate person
verb
Meaning 10
foredoom to failure
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
Examples
- This project is jinxed!
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: predestine, foreordain, preordain
verb
Meaning 11
cast a spell over someone or something; put a hex on someone or something
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: hex, bewitch, glamour, witch, enchant
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: charm, becharm
Narrower terms: voodoo, spell
History
Etymology
From jynx in the transferred sense “a charm or spell”.
Across languages
Translations
155 source translations are retained for this English entry.
- Danish: forhekset — Used after simultaneous speech
- Dutch: citroen — Used after simultaneous speech
- Finnish: kupla — Used after simultaneous speech
- Finnish: smurffi — Used after simultaneous speech
- Finnish: smurffilukko — Used after simultaneous speech
- Finnish: smurffattu — Used after simultaneous speech
- French: chips — Used after simultaneous speech
- German: verhext — Used after simultaneous speech
- Japanese: ハッピアイスクリム (happi aisu kurimu) — Used after simultaneous speech
- Korean: 찌찌뽕 (jjijjippong) — Used after simultaneous speech
- Polish: raz, dwa, trzy, moje szczęście — Used after simultaneous speech
- Polish: moje szczęście, twój pech — Used after simultaneous speech
- Spanish: encantado — Used after simultaneous speech
- Swedish: smurf — Used after simultaneous speech
- Bulgarian: проклятие (prokljatie) — a hex; an evil spell
- Chinese Mandarin: 厄運 /厄运 (èyùn) — a hex; an evil spell
- Chinese Mandarin: 詛咒 /诅咒 (zǔzhòu) — a hex; an evil spell
- Czech: prokletí — a hex; an evil spell
- Danish: forbandelse — a hex; an evil spell
- Finnish: kirous — a hex; an evil spell
- French: maléfice — a hex; an evil spell
- French: sortilège — a hex; an evil spell
- German: Fluch — a hex; an evil spell
- German: Verwünschung — a hex; an evil spell
- Italian: maleficio — a hex; an evil spell
- Italian: sortilegio — a hex; an evil spell
- Italian: iettatura — a hex; an evil spell
- Italian: malocchio — a hex; an evil spell
- Japanese: 邪視 (jashi) — a hex; an evil spell
- Japanese: ジンクス (jinkusu) — a hex; an evil spell
- Korean: 사시 (sasi) — a hex; an evil spell
- Korean: 징크스 (jingkeuseu) — a hex; an evil spell
- Persian: جادو (jâdu) — a hex; an evil spell
- Polish: przekleństwo — a hex; an evil spell
- Polish: klątwa — a hex; an evil spell
- Polish: fatum — a hex; an evil spell
- Portuguese: enguiço — a hex; an evil spell
- Portuguese: macumba — a hex; an evil spell
- Portuguese: maldição — a hex; an evil spell
- Russian: дурно́й глаз (durnój glaz) — a hex; an evil spell
- Russian: сглаз (sglaz) — a hex; an evil spell
- Russian: по́рча (pórča) — a hex; an evil spell
- Russian: злые ча́ры (zlyje čáry) — a hex; an evil spell
- Slovak: kliatba — a hex; an evil spell
- Spanish: maleficio — a hex; an evil spell
- Spanish: maldición — a hex; an evil spell
- Spanish: pava — a hex; an evil spell
- Spanish: yeta — a hex; an evil spell
- Sranan Tongo: wisi — a hex; an evil spell
- Swedish: förbannelse — a hex; an evil spell
- Ottoman Turkish: قارش (karış) — a hex; an evil spell
- Arabic: قبسة (gubbusa) — a person or thing supposed to bring bad luck
- Bulgarian: карък (karǎk) — a person or thing supposed to bring bad luck
- Chinese Mandarin: 白虎星 (báihǔxīng) — a person or thing supposed to bring bad luck
- Chinese Mandarin: 掃帚星 /扫帚星 (sàozhǒuxīng) — a person or thing supposed to bring bad luck
- Chinese Mandarin: 不祥之物 (bùxiángzhīwù) — a person or thing supposed to bring bad luck
- Danish: ulykkesfugl — a person or thing supposed to bring bad luck
- Dutch: ongeluksbrenger — a person or thing supposed to bring bad luck
- Finnish: pahan onnen tuoja — a person or thing supposed to bring bad luck
- Finnish: pahanilmanlintu — a person or thing supposed to bring bad luck
- French: porte-malheur — a person or thing supposed to bring bad luck
- French: poisseux — a person or thing supposed to bring bad luck
- French: poissard — a person or thing supposed to bring bad luck
- German: Pechvogel — a person or thing supposed to bring bad luck
- German: Unglücksbringer — a person or thing supposed to bring bad luck
- Greek: γρουσούζης (grousoúzis) — a person or thing supposed to bring bad luck
- Greek: γκαντέμης (gkantémis) — a person or thing supposed to bring bad luck
- Hungarian: vészmadár — a person or thing supposed to bring bad luck
- Hungarian: halálmadár — a person or thing supposed to bring bad luck
- Italian: iettatore — a person or thing supposed to bring bad luck
- Italian: iettatrice — a person or thing supposed to bring bad luck
- Macedonian: малер (maler) — a person or thing supposed to bring bad luck
- Macedonian: баксуз (baksuz) — a person or thing supposed to bring bad luck
- Polish: przekleństwo — a person or thing supposed to bring bad luck
- Portuguese: agourento — a person or thing supposed to bring bad luck
- Romanian: piază rea — a person or thing supposed to bring bad luck
- Russian: колду́н (koldún) — a person or thing supposed to bring bad luck
- Russian: колду́нья (koldúnʹja) — a person or thing supposed to bring bad luck
- Russian: ве́дьма (védʹma) — a person or thing supposed to bring bad luck
- Serbo-Croatian: baksuz — a person or thing supposed to bring bad luck
- Spanish: gafe — a person or thing supposed to bring bad luck
- Spanish: ave de mal agüero — a person or thing supposed to bring bad luck
- Spanish: cenizo — a person or thing supposed to bring bad luck
- Spanish: secante — a person or thing supposed to bring bad luck
- Spanish: yeta — a person or thing supposed to bring bad luck
- Spanish: yetatore — a person or thing supposed to bring bad luck
- Spanish: yetudo — a person or thing supposed to bring bad luck
- Spanish: mufa — a person or thing supposed to bring bad luck
- Tagalog: kasaykasay — a person or thing supposed to bring bad luck
- Chinese Mandarin: 蛊祝 (gǔzhù) — To cast a spell on
- Chinese Mandarin: 詛咒 /诅咒 (zǔzhòu) — To cast a spell on
- Czech: uhranout — To cast a spell on
- Danish: forhekse — To cast a spell on
- Dutch: betoveren — To cast a spell on
- Dutch: beheksen — To cast a spell on
- Dutch: vervloeken — To cast a spell on
- Finnish: kirota — To cast a spell on
- Finnish: manata — To cast a spell on
- French: porter malheur — To cast a spell on
- French: porter la guigne — To cast a spell on
- French: maudire — To cast a spell on
- German: verzaubern — To cast a spell on
- German: mit einem Zauber belegen — To cast a spell on
- Italian: gettare il malocchio — To cast a spell on
- Norwegian Bokmål: forhekse — To cast a spell on
- Persian: جادو کردن (jâdu kardan) — To cast a spell on
- Polish: przeklinać — To cast a spell on
- Polish: przekląć — To cast a spell on
- Polish: rzucać klątwę — To cast a spell on
- Polish: rzucić klątwę — To cast a spell on
- Russian: сгла́зить (sglázitʹ) — To cast a spell on
- Slovak: urieknuť — To cast a spell on
- Slovak: porobiť — To cast a spell on
- Slovak: uhranúť — To cast a spell on
- Sranan Tongo: wisi — To cast a spell on
- Swedish: förhäxa — To cast a spell on
- Swedish: förtrolla — To cast a spell on
- Arabic: نَحَسَ (naḥasa) — To bring bad luck to
- Arabic: جَلَبَ اَلنَّحْس (jalaba n-naḥs) — To bring bad luck to
- Azerbaijani: gözə gətirmək — To bring bad luck to
- Belarusian: суро́чыць (suróčycʹ) — To bring bad luck to
- Danish: forbande — To bring bad luck to
- Dutch: beheksen — To bring bad luck to
- Esperanto: kaŭzi malfeliĉon — To bring bad luck to
- Finnish: olla pahanilmanlintu — To bring bad luck to
- Finnish: manata — To bring bad luck to
- French: porter la poisse — To bring bad luck to
- Galician: traer mala sorte — To bring bad luck to
- Galician: gafar — To bring bad luck to
- Galician: gafarse — To bring bad luck to
- German: verhexen — To bring bad luck to
- Italian: portare sfortuna — To bring bad luck to
- Italian: portare scalogna — To bring bad luck to
- Italian: portare iella — To bring bad luck to
- Italian: portare sfiga — To bring bad luck to
- Italian: gufare — To bring bad luck to
- Italian: iellare — To bring bad luck to
- Italian: iettare — To bring bad luck to
- Italian: tirarla — To bring bad luck to
- Italian: mandarla — To bring bad luck to
- Norwegian Bokmål: forbanne — To bring bad luck to
- Polish: zapeszać — To bring bad luck to
- Polish: zapeszyć — To bring bad luck to
- Portuguese: azarar — To bring bad luck to
- Romanian: cobi — To bring bad luck to
- Russian: сгла́зить (sglázitʹ) — To bring bad luck to
- Russian: принести́ несча́стье (prinestí nesčástʹje) — To bring bad luck to
- Slovak: prinášať smolu — To bring bad luck to
- Spanish: traer mala suerte — To bring bad luck to
- Spanish: gafar — To bring bad luck to
- Spanish: gafarse — To bring bad luck to
- Swedish: ge otur — To bring bad luck to
- Swedish: förbanna — To bring bad luck to
- Ukrainian: навро́чити (navróčyty) — To bring bad luck to
- Urdu: منحوس c du — To bring bad luck to