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noun
1.
a person, thing, or influence supposed to bring bad luck.
verb (used with object)
2.
to bring bad luck to; place a jinx on: The strike has jinxed my plans to go to Milwaukee for the weekend.
3.
to destroy the point of: His sudden laugh jinxed the host's joke.
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Jinx
is one of our favorite verbs.
So is yaff. Does it mean:
| to flee; abscond: |
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Origin:
1910–15, Americanism; perhaps < Latin jynx wryneck (bird used in divination and magic) < Greek íynx
1910–15, Americanism; perhaps < Latin jynx wryneck (bird used in divination and magic) < Greek íynx
Related forms
out·jinx, verb (used with object)
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Example Sentences
- She will not let me use her name either, fearing that will jinx whatever flight she does take.
- And he's in the process of lining up a full-time gig that he doesn't want to jinx by disclosing.
- So a squirrel jinx would fit right in with this team's agonizing history.
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Word Origin & History
jinx
1911, Amer.Eng., from 17c. jyng "a charm, a spell," originally "wryneck," a bird used in witchcraft and divination, from L. iynx "wryneck," from Gk. iynx. The verb is 1917 in Amer.Eng., from the noun.
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