HOODOO


Meaning of HOODOO in English

n. & v. esp. US

--n.

1. a bad luck. b a thing or person that brings or causes this.

2 voodoo.

3 a fantastic rock pinnacle or column of rock formed by erosion etc.

--v.tr. (hoodoos, hoodooed)

1. make unlucky.

2 bewitch.

Etymology: alt. of VOODOO

Oxford English vocab.      Оксфордский английский словарь.