HOODOO meaning: Folk magic, superstition in Africa

We found 26 dictionaries that define the word hoodoo:

General (22 matching dictionaries)

hoodoo: Merriam-Webster
hoodoo: Oxford Learner's Dictionaries
hoodoo: American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language
hoodoo: Collins English Dictionary
hoodoo: Vocabulary.com
Hoodoo, hoodoo: Wordnik
hoodoo: Wiktionary
hoodoo: Webster's New World College Dictionary, 4th Ed.
hoodoo: The Wordsmyth English Dictionary-Thesaurus
hoodoo: Infoplease Dictionary
Hoodoo, hoodoo: Dictionary.com
hoodoo: Online Etymology Dictionary
Hoodoo (Alison Moyet album), Hoodoo (John Fogerty album), Hoodoo (Krokus album), Hoodoo (folk magic), Hoodoo (geology), Hoodoo (ski area), Hoodoo: Wikipedia, the Free Encyclopedia
Hoodoo: Online Plain Text English Dictionary
hoodoo: Webster's Revised Unabridged, 1913 Edition
hoodoo: Rhymezone
Hoodoo: AllWords.com Multi-Lingual Dictionary
hoodoo: FreeDictionary.org
hoodoo: Mnemonic Dictionary
hoodoo: TheFreeDictionary.com

Computing (1 matching dictionary)

Hoodoo (geology), hoodoo: Encyclopedia

Science (1 matching dictionary)

Illustrated Glossary of Geologic Terms (No longer online)

Slang (2 matching dictionaries)

hoodoo, hoodoo, hoodoo: Green’s Dictionary of Slang
Hoodoo: Urban Dictionary

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Definitions from Wiktionary (

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▸ noun:  (uncountable) A set of spiritual practices and traditions created and concealed from slave-owners by enslaved Africans in North America, based on traditional African beliefs.
▸ noun:  (chiefly US) A practitioner of voodoo.
▸ noun:  (chiefly US) Supernatural bad luck, or something or someone believed to bring bad luck.
▸ noun:  (geology) A tall thin spire of rock that protrudes from the bottom of arid basins and badlands.
▸ verb:  (transitive) To jinx; to bring bad luck or misfortune to.

Similar:

juju, voodoo, fetish, fetich, hoodooist, hounsi, ounsi, hoochie, homoing, hooden horse, more...

Opposite:

blessing, good luck, fortune, protection

Types:

spell, curse, hex, jinx, more...

Phrases:

Hoodoo Gurus, Hoodoo Gurus discography, Hoodoo Man Blues, more...

Adjectives:

neo, old, little, american, regular, headed, african, special, young, sure, haired

Colors:

rust, ochre, sienna, sandstone, clay, more...