hoodoo
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hoodoo
- /ˈhuːduː/ UK
- /ˈhudu/ US
- /ˈhʉdʉ/ Northern Ireland, Scotland
Rhymes with -uːduː
Where it comes from
Apparently an alteration of voodoo.
noun hoodoos
- A set of spiritual practices and traditions created and concealed from slave-owners by enslaved Africans in North America, based on traditional African beliefs.
- A practitioner of voodoo.
- Supernatural bad luck, or something or someone believed to bring bad luck. The three men wondered whether they would find Colson at Taylor's Creek. They felt that a hoodoo hung over the place.
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A tall thin spire of rock that protrudes from the bottom of arid basins and badlands.
It was even larger than the mirage made it look—a dozen miles across and a thousand feet deep, with fins and towers and hoodoos like observation posts, mesas and minor buttes, springs flowing brightly in the red rock.
Similar: tent rock, fairy chimney, earth pyramid
verb hoodoos · hoodooing · hoodooed
- To jinx; to bring bad luck or misfortune to.
Translations
Every language
noun spire of rock
| Español | chimenea de hadas |
|---|---|
| 日本語 | 土柱 dochū |
| Português | chaminé de fada |
| Français | cheminée de fée |
| Deutsch | Erdpyramide, Erdpfeiler |
| Русский | худу xudu |
Talk about this word "hoodoo." Wiktionary, via Micwyn, micwyn.com/word/hoodoo. Accessed 6 Nov. 2026. hoodoo. (n.d.). In Wiktionary, via Micwyn. Retrieved November 6, 2026, from https://micwyn.com/word/hoodoo "hoodoo." Wiktionary, via Micwyn. Accessed November 6, 2026. https://micwyn.com/word/hoodoo.Cite this
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