Synonyms for jinx
| Grammar : Noun, verb |
| Spell : jingks |
| Phonetic Transcription : dʒɪŋks |
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Définition of jinx
Origin :- 1911, American English, originally baseball slang; perhaps ultimately from jyng "a charm, a spell" (17c.), originally "wryneck," a bird used in witchcraft and divination, from Latin iynx "wryneck," from Greek iynx.
- Most mysterious of all in the psychics of baseball is the "jinx," that peculiar "hoodoo" which affects, at times, a man, at other times a whole team. Let a man begin to think that there is a "jinx" about, and he is done for for the time being. ["Technical World Magazine," 1911]
- The verb is 1912 in American English, from the noun. Related: Jinxed; jinxing.
- noun curse
- verb curse
- He asked me whose it was; and he asked me about you, and, by jinx!
- Extract from : « Nan of Music Mountain » by Frank H. Spearman
- "It might be, if there were any such animal as a jinx," laughed Darrin.
- Extract from : « Dave Darrin on Mediterranean Service » by H. Irving Hancock
- By jinx, when I heard the Municipals were coming, I was scared they'd get him for sure.
- Extract from : « Police Your Planet » by Lester del Rey
- That's why you get it cheap—if you'll take it and chase out the jinx that's been wished on me.
- Extract from : « Athalie » by Robert W. Chambers
- Ah kin help yo all ward off evil and jinx; ah kin help yo all git a job; ah kin help yo all ovah come the ruination uv yo home.
- Extract from : « Slave Narratives: A Folk History of Slavery in the United States from Interviews with Former Slaves, Arkansas Narratives, Part 4 » by Work Projects Administration
- But the “jinx” had not yet deserted him, as he was soon to discover.
- Extract from : « Bert Wilson's Twin Cylinder Racer » by J. W. Duffield
- Here was another proof that the jinx was still camping on their trail.
- Extract from : « Baseball Joe, Captain of the Team » by Lester Chadwick
- Guess there is a jinx after this team all right, he growled.
- Extract from : « Baseball Joe, Captain of the Team » by Lester Chadwick
- Did you by any chance catch sight of the jinx thats been following us?
- Extract from : « Baseball Joe, Home Run King » by Lester Chadwick
- It seems at times as though a jinx were pursuing the Yankees, remarked Jim.
- Extract from : « Baseball Joe, Home Run King » by Lester Chadwick
Antonyms for jinx
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