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hoo⋅doo

[hoo-doo] noun, plural -doos, verb, -dooed, -doo⋅ing.
–noun
1. voodoo.
2. bad luck.
3. a person or thing that brings bad luck.
4. Geology. a pillar of rock, usually of fantastic shape, left by erosion.
–verb (used with object)
5. to bring or cause bad luck to.

Origin:
1870–75, Americanism; appar. var of voodoo
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hoo·doo   (hōō'dōō)   
n.   pl. hoo·doos
    1. Magic healing and control, especially in African-based folk medicine in the United States and the Caribbean. Also called conjure.

    2. A practitioner of hoodoo.

    3. Bad luck.

    4. One that brings bad luck.

  1. Voodoo.

    1. Bad luck.

    2. One that brings bad luck.

  2. 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.
The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition
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