HOODOO


Meaning of HOODOO in English

■ noun

1》 voodoo.

2》 bad luck.

↘a cause of bad luck.

3》 chiefly N. Amer. a column or pinnacle of weathered rock.

■ verb ( ~s , ~ing , ~ed ) bewitch.

Origin

C19 (orig. US, denoting a person practising voodoo): appar. an alt. of voodoo ; sense 3 is appar. due to the strange forms of the columns.

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