[
UK
/hˈʊduː/
]
NOUN
- something believed to bring bad luck
-
(geology) a column of weathered and unusually shaped rock
a tall sandstone hoodoo - a practitioner of voodoo
- a charm superstitiously believed to embody magical powers
VERB
- bring bad luck; be a source of misfortune
How To Use hoodoo In A Sentence
- If you go somewhere and think you will be hoodooed, always carry a piece of bread in your pocket.
- These aren't tied to a clear religious structure - they are more like hoodoo, perhaps?
- It results in the first Laois/Kildare final since 1946 when Laois won their last title and broke a Dublin hoodoo that had lasted for 22 years (and much longer in Croke Park).
- Under the auspices of the fellowship, Hurston was to travel to Florida and New Orleans to begin her research on African American folk tales and to scout out hoodoo practice.
- There's a tradition in hoodoo called ‘the sewn-up pocket’ which is where you sew up various items (roots, herbs, found objects) into the pocket of an item of clothing.
- But now the hoodoo that has blighted City all season has hit again.
- Much of Reed's work touches, to one degree or another, on hoodoo.
- But while walking in a park in New Orleans a few days ago, I suddenly got the urge to drop a couple of bucks on what I thought would be a mildly amusing little black magic hoodoo voodoo palm reading.
- Chelsea can open up an eight-point lead over Arsenal - but first they must break a nine-year hoodoo.
- I feel more than a little awkward using hoodoo stuff, to be honest, given the vast gulf between my own advantages and the bitterly oppressed state of its originators.