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voo·doo
Audio Help [voo-doo] Pronunciation Key noun, plural -doos, adjective, verb, -dooed, -doo·ing.
Audio Help [voo-doo] Pronunciation Key noun, plural -doos, adjective, verb, -dooed, -doo·ing. –noun
–adjective
–verb (used with object)
| 1. | Also, vodun. a polytheistic religion practiced chiefly by West Indians, deriving principally from African cult worship and containing elements borrowed from the Catholic religion. |
| 2. | a person who practices this religion. |
| 3. | a fetish or other object of voodoo worship. |
| 4. | a group of magical and ecstatic rites associated with voodoo. |
| 5. | (not in technical use) black magic; sorcery. |
| 6. | of, pertaining to, associated with, or practicing voodoo. |
| 7. | Informal: Usually Disparaging. characterized by deceptively simple, almost magical, solutions or ideas: voodoo politics. |
| 8. | to affect by voodoo sorcery. |
[Origin: 1810–20, Americanism; < LaF, earlier vandoux, vandoo < a West African source perh. akin to Ewe vodũ demon
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| voo·doo
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n. pl. voo·doos
tr.v. voo·dooed, voo·doo·ing, voo·doos To place under the influence of a spell or curse; bewitch. adj.
[Louisiana French voudou, from Ewe vodu and Fon vodun.] |
| The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition Copyright © 2006 by Houghton Mifflin Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Company. All rights reserved. |
voodoo
religious witchcraft of Haiti and Southern U.S., ult. of African origin, 1850, from Louisiana Fr. voudou, from a W.African language (e.g. Ewe and Fon vodu "spirit, demon, deity," also Vandoo, supposedly the name of an African deity, from a language of Dahomey). Cf. vodun "fetish connected with snake worship in Dahomey," said to be from vo "to be afraid," or vo "harmful." The verb is attested from 1880.
| Online Etymology Dictionary, © 2001 Douglas Harper |
| voodoo | |
noun | |
| 1. | a charm superstitiously believed to embody magical powers [syn: juju] |
| 2. | (Haiti) followers of a religion that involves witchcraft and animistic deities |
| 3. | a religious cult practiced chiefly in Caribbean countries (especially Haiti); involves witchcraft and animistic deities |
verb | |
| 1. | bewitch by or as if by a voodoo |
| WordNet® 3.0, © 2006 by Princeton University. |
voodoo [ˈvuːduː] noun
a type of witchcraft originally practised by certain Negro races in the West Indies
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| Kernerman English Multilingual Dictionary (Beta Version), © 2000-2006 K Dictionaries Ltd. |
voodoo
A form of animism involving trances and other rituals. Communication with the dead is a principal feature of voodoo. It is most common in the nations of the Caribbean Sea, especially Haiti, where people sometimes mingle voodoo and Christian practices.
[Chapter:] World Literature, Philosophy, and Religion
| The American Heritage® New Dictionary of Cultural Literacy, Third Edition Copyright © 2005 by Houghton Mifflin Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Company. All rights reserved. |
Voodoo
Vau*doux"\, n. & a. See Voodoo.| Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary, © 1996, 1998 MICRA, Inc. |
Voodoo
Voo"doo\, n. 1. See Voodooism. 2. One who practices voodooism; a negro sorcerer.| Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary, © 1996, 1998 MICRA, Inc. |
Voodoo
Voo"doo\, a. Of or pertaining to voodooism, or a voodoo; as, voodoo incantations.| Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary, © 1996, 1998 MICRA, Inc. |
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