hoo·doo (h  d)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. [Of West African origin, possibly from voodoo.] hoo doo·ism n. |
hoodoo
Noun
pl -doos
1. Informal bad luck
2. Informal a person or thing that brings bad luck
3. Chiefly US same as voodoo
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| Noun | 1. |  hoodoo - (geology) a column of weathered and unusually shaped rock; "a tall sandstone hoodoo"geology - a science that deals with the history of the earth as recorded in rocks |
| 2. | hoodoo - a practitioner of voodoo hoodooism, vodoun, voodooism, voodoo - a religious cult practiced chiefly in Caribbean countries (especially Haiti); involves witchcraft and animistic deities non-Christian priest, priest - a person who performs religious duties and ceremonies in a non-Christian religion | |
| 3. |  hoodoo - a charm superstitiously believed to embody magical powersgood luck charm, charm - something believed to bring good luck | |
| 4. | hoodoo - something believed to bring bad luck object, physical object - a tangible and visible entity; an entity that can cast a shadow; "it was full of rackets, balls and other objects" | |
| Verb | 1. | hoodoo - bring bad luck; be a source of misfortune be - have the quality of being; (copula, used with an adjective or a predicate noun); "John is rich"; "This is not a good answer" |
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