Phrase guide

voodoo doll

noun · 1 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot

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noun

Meaning 1

A poppet; a doll made to resemble a person in order to cast spells on them or to galvanize some change in them by modifying the doll, often by inserting pins and needles or by binding it.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

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History

Etymology

From a mistaken belief that the use of such effigies features in the voodoo religion of either Haiti or Louisiana.

Across languages

Translations

11 source translations are retained for this English entry.

  • Catalan: ninot de vudú — doll fashioned to resemble a person for usually malicious magical intent
  • Chinese Mandarin: 巫蠱娃娃 /巫蛊娃娃 (wūdú wáwa) — doll fashioned to resemble a person for usually malicious magical intent
  • Esperanto: vodua pupo — doll fashioned to resemble a person for usually malicious magical intent
  • French: poupée vaudou — doll fashioned to resemble a person for usually malicious magical intent
  • Italian: bambola vudù — doll fashioned to resemble a person for usually malicious magical intent
  • Spanish: muñeca vudú — doll fashioned to resemble a person for usually malicious magical intent
  • Spanish: muñeco vudú — doll fashioned to resemble a person for usually malicious magical intent
  • Swedish: voodoodocka — doll fashioned to resemble a person for usually malicious magical intent
  • Tocharian B: soye — doll fashioned to resemble a person for usually malicious magical intent
  • Turkish: vudu bebeği — doll fashioned to resemble a person for usually malicious magical intent
  • Turkish: voodoo bebeği — doll fashioned to resemble a person for usually malicious magical intent