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Wordnet 3.0

NOUN (4)

1. (geology) a column of weathered and unusually shaped rock;
- Example: "a tall sandstone hoodoo"

2. a practitioner of voodoo;

3. a charm superstitiously believed to embody magical powers;
[syn: juju, voodoo, hoodoo, fetish, fetich]

4. something believed to bring bad luck;


VERB (1)

1. bring bad luck; be a source of misfortune;


The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:

Hoodoo \Hoo"doo\, v. t. To be a hoodoo to; to bring bad luck to by occult influence; to bewitch. [Colloq., U. S.] [Webster 1913 Suppl.]
The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:

Hoodoo \Hoo"doo\ (h[=oo]"d[=oo]), n. [Perh. a var. of voodoo.] 1. One who causes bad luck. [Colloq.] [1913 Webster] 2. Same as voodoo. [PJC] 3. Bad luck. [PJC]
The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:

Hoodoo \Hoo"doo\, n. A natural rock pile or pinnacle of fantastic shape. [Western U. S.] "I watched for hours as the shadows moved through the hoodoos in Bryce Canyon park." [Webster 1913 Suppl. +PJC]
WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006):

hoodoo n 1: (geology) a column of weathered and unusually shaped rock; "a tall sandstone hoodoo" 2: a practitioner of voodoo 3: a charm superstitiously believed to embody magical powers [syn: juju, voodoo, hoodoo, fetish, fetich] 4: something believed to bring bad luck v 1: bring bad luck; be a source of misfortune