[voo.doo] n, pl voodoos [Louisiana Creole voudou, prob. fr. Ewe vodu tutelary deity, demon] (1850) 1: a religion that is derived from African polytheism and ancestor worship and is practiced chiefly in Haiti
2. a: a person who deals in spells and necromancy b (1): a sorcerer's spell: hex (2): a hexed object: charm -- voodoo adj
[2]voodoo vt (1880): to bewitch by or as if by means of voodoo: hex