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US
/ˈdʒɪŋks/
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[ UK /dʒˈɪŋks/ ]
[ UK /dʒˈɪŋks/ ]
NOUN
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an evil spell
he put the whammy on me
a witch put a curse on his whole family - a person believed to bring bad luck to those around him
VERB
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foredoom to failure
This project is jinxed! - cast a spell over someone or something; put a hex on someone or something
How To Use jinx In A Sentence
- And so the Arsenal injury jinx goes on. The Sun
- Fortunately, she was lapping the soup up with great neatness and delicacy, which was sort of a relief: Jinx had been afraid she was going to slop it all over the table.
- And you'd think the project was almost jinxed; I think we had three changes of Indian government.
- Saltires hero Paul Hoffmann hopes to end a personal jinx and help Uddingston keep the Coronel Scottish Cup.
- Don't let impatience jinx that home plan. The Sun
- Manage Britney Spears 'Facebook, Twitter, Harvard Degree Required Britney leaves' jinxed 'home behind and moves into $9m mansion as she starts afresh Robert Pattinson gets in trouble for cutting his trademark locks. WeSmirch
- Byatt's account of the jinx's stream of consciousness during her ritual killing ventures beyond the limits of verisimilitude.
- There were moments where we felt like we were jinxing the whole thing, pushing our luck, but we decided to test fate and stock up anyhow.
- As for the movie being "jinxed" that is just so much malarky! Sound Off: The Dark Knight - What Did You Think?! « FirstShowing.net
- They drove home in silence, neither really knowing what to say to the other and Jinx not bothering to break the silence.