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   hoodoo

   /ˈhuːduː/

   noun

   • 1. a run of bad luck associated with a particular person, group, or activity: "the hoodoo continued on Saturday as City went down 1–0"
   • ▪ a person or thing that brings or causes bad luck.
   • ▪ voodoo: "ancient armies that were put to sleep by some form of hoodoo"
   • 2. a column or pinnacle of weathered rock: North American "a towering sandstone hoodoo"

   verb

   • 1. bewitch: "she's hoodooed you"
   • ▪ bring bad luck to: "a fine player, but repeatedly hoodooed"

   Word Origin late 19th century (originally US): apparently an alteration of voodoo. It originally denoted a person who practised voodoo, hence a hidden cause of bad luck (hoodoo (sense 1 of the noun)). hoodoo (sense 2 of the noun) is apparently due to the resemblance of the rock column to a strange human form, often topped by an overhanging ‘hat’ of harder rock.

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