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Definition of "hoodoo" []
- Magic healing and control, especially in African-based folk medicine in the United States and the Caribbean. Also called conjure. (noun)
- A practitioner of hoodoo. (noun)
- Voodoo. (noun)
- Bad luck. (noun)
- One that brings bad luck. (noun)
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Use "hoodoo" in a sentence
- "LOL A hoodoo is a swamp critter thatll eatcha up especially at night in the deep dark swamp!!"
- ""The name hoodoo comes from the word voodoo and was given to these geological formations by the Europeans," notes a sign on one of the trails."
- "How Lucas responds could go a long way towards determining if Liverpool finally break that title hoodoo, especially since"