hoodoo

[ hoo-doo ]
/ ˈhu du /

noun, plural hoo·doos.

voodoo.
bad luck.
a person or thing that brings bad luck.
Geology. a pillar of rock, usually of fantastic shape, left by erosion.

verb (used with object), hoo·dooed, hoo·doo·ing.

to bring or cause bad luck to.

Origin of hoodoo

1870–75, Americanism; apparently var of voodoo

Words nearby hoodoo

hooded warbler, hoodia, hoodie, hoodlum, hoodman-blind, hoodoo, hoodooism, hoodwink, hooey, hoof, hoof it

Words related to hoodooing

bedevil, bewitch, hex, curse, damn, charm, enchant, condemn

Example sentences from the Web for hoodooing

  • I won't be any longer than I can help, and don't you go to hoodooing me, now, while I'm upstairs.

    Jewel |Clara Louise Burnham

  • Tehei says that's the reason that we don't get fair windthe shark is hoodooing us.

    Through the South Seas with Jack London |Martin Johnson

British Dictionary definitions for hoodooing

hoodoo
/ (ˈhuːduː) /

noun plural -doos

a variant of voodoo
informal a person or thing that brings bad luck
informal bad luck
(in the western US and Canada) a strangely shaped column of rock

verb -doos, -dooing or -dooed

(tr) informal to bring bad luck to

Derived forms of hoodoo

hoodooism, noun

Word Origin for hoodoo

C19: variant of voodoo