hoodoo

[ UK /hˈʊduː/ ]
NOUN
  1. something believed to bring bad luck
  2. (geology) a column of weathered and unusually shaped rock
    a tall sandstone hoodoo
  3. a practitioner of voodoo
  4. a charm superstitiously believed to embody magical powers
VERB
  1. bring bad luck; be a source of misfortune
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How To Use hoodoo In A Sentence

  • At a place by the river where the current is bad (there are many such places, and, in fact, the whole of the Snake River is a perfect hoodoo) A Touch of Sun and Other Stories
  • Surprise Lake was a hoodoo; its location was unremembered; and the gold still paved its undrained bottom. THE MAN ON THE OTHER BANK
  • The Bulls haven't beaten Saints in the cup since a second-round clash in 1980 and they never looked like breaking that hoodoo yesterday.
  • They will also need to overcome a minor hoodoo - it will be the fourth time they have hosted a live Sky match, but so far they have yet to win one.
  • You said Tom and Jerry were hoodooed," said Andy and Hortense together. The Cat in Grandfather's House
  • They failed to deliver a shot on target until the last minute as their home hoodoo continued. Times, Sunday Times
  • Ride and hike through mazes of magical hoodoos and pink twisted cliffs!
  • Porcupine Jim declared that the place was "hoodooed" and as evidence enumerated the many accidents and delays. The Man from the Bitter Roots
  • The name hoodoo comes from the word voodoo and was given to these geological formations by the Europeans," notes a sign on one of the trails. Canada.com Top Stories
  • There is a short feature on the difference between voodoo and hoodoo, which illuminates how one is an organized religion, and the other is a ritualistic practice of magic.
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