Synonyms for hoodoo
| Grammar : Verb |
| Spell : hoo-doo |
| Phonetic Transcription : ˈhu du |
Définition of hoodoo
Origin :- "one who practices voodoo," 1870, American English, probably an alteration of voodoo. Meaning "something that causes or brings bad luck" is attested from 1880.
- verb jinx
- But Rockland had a pitcher who more than once proved a hoodoo for Camden.
- Extract from : « Frank Merriwell's Cruise » by Burt L. Standish
- Well, if this hasn't been a hoodoo cruise from Boston, I don't know a thing!
- Extract from : « Frank Merriwell's Cruise » by Burt L. Standish
- "Tell us a story about a hoodoo, Uncle Jonah," Hortense begged.
- Extract from : « The Cat in Grandfather's House » by Carl Henry Grabo
- If it didn't go it was a hoodoo—a black shadow—and he wanted no more to do with it.
- Extract from : « Jennie Gerhardt » by Theodore Dreiser
- There's got to be an end to this hoodoo business in my house.
- Extract from : « The Faith Healer » by William Vaughn Moody
- They told us in New Orleans that this red lure was a hoodoo.
- Extract from : « The Red Lure » by Roy J. Snell
- Lock No. 13 was true to its hoodoo, and gave us some trouble.
- Extract from : « The houseboat book » by William F. Waugh
- One word from you to the money gang takes the hoodoo off us.
- Extract from : « The Landloper » by Holman Day
- Carl thought that was their hoodoo day, but he had occasion to change his mind.
- Extract from : « Motor Matt's Mystery » by Stanley R. Matthews
- Oh, theres been a hoodoo on me since I showed aginst the Sunday-school picnic!
- Extract from : « Short Sixes » by H. C. Bunner
Antonyms for hoodoo
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