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English Dictionary: hoodoo by the DICT Development Group
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From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
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
    Synonym(s): juju, voodoo, hoodoo, fetish, fetich
  4. something believed to bring bad luck
v
  1. bring bad luck; be a source of misfortune
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Hoodoo \Hoo"doo\, v. t.
      To be a hoodoo to; to bring bad luck to by occult influence;
      to bewitch. [Colloq., U. S.]

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Hoodoo \Hoo"doo\, n.
      A natural rock pile or pinnacle of fantastic shape. [Western
      U. S.]

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Hoodoo \Hoo"doo\, n. [Perh. a var. of voodoo.]
      One who causes bad luck. [Colloq.]
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