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hoo⋅doo

  [hoo-doo] noun, plural -doos, verb, -dooed, -doo⋅ing.
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–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.

  2. Voodoo.

    1. Bad luck.

    2. 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.
The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition
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Word Origin & History

hoodoo 
1875, "one who practices voodoo," Amer.Eng., probably an alteration of voodoo. Meaning "something that causes or brings bad luck" is attested from 1882.
Online Etymology Dictionary, © 2001 Douglas Harper
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