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HOODOO
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I. (noun)
Sense 1
Meaning:
Something believed to bring bad luck
Classified under:
Nouns denoting man-made objects
Hypernyms ("hoodoo" is a kind of...):
object; physical object (a tangible and visible entity; an entity that can cast a shadow)
Derivation:
hoodoo (bring bad luck; be a source of misfortune)
Sense 2
Meaning:
A charm superstitiously believed to embody magical powers
Synonyms:
fetich; fetish; hoodoo; juju; voodoo
Classified under:
Nouns denoting man-made objects
Hypernyms ("hoodoo" is a kind of...):
charm; good luck charm (something believed to bring good luck)
Derivation:
hoodoo (bring bad luck; be a source of misfortune)
Sense 3
Meaning:
A practitioner of voodoo
Classified under:
Hypernyms ("hoodoo" is a kind of...):
hoodooism; vodoun; voodoo; voodooism (a religious cult practiced chiefly in Caribbean countries (especially Haiti); involves witchcraft and animistic deities)
non-Christian priest; priest (a person who performs religious duties and ceremonies in a non-Christian religion)
Derivation:
hoodoo (bring bad luck; be a source of misfortune)
Sense 4
Meaning:
(geology) a column of weathered and unusually shaped rock
Example:
a tall sandstone hoodoo
Classified under:
Nouns denoting two and three dimensional shapes
Hypernyms ("hoodoo" is a kind of...):
column; pillar; tower (anything that approximates the shape of a column or tower)
Domain category:
geology (a science that deals with the history of the earth as recorded in rocks)
II. (verb)
Sense 1
Meaning:
Bring bad luck; be a source of misfortune
Classified under:
Verbs of being, having, spatial relations
Hypernyms (to "hoodoo" is one way to...):
be (have the quality of being; (copula, used with an adjective or a predicate noun))
Sentence frames:
Something ----s
Somebody ----s
Derivation:
hoodoo (something believed to bring bad luck)
hoodoo (a charm superstitiously believed to embody magical powers)
hoodoo (a practitioner of voodoo)
