Definition of "jinx" []

• A person or thing that is believed to bring bad luck. (noun)
• A condition or period of bad luck that appears to have been caused by a specific person or thing. (noun)
• To bring bad luck to. (verb-transitive)

American Heritage(R) Dictionary of the English Language, Fifth Edition. Copyright (c) 2011 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. All rights reserved.

• "The year 2009 also saw Arvind Bhat break the title jinx at the National championship after four abortive finals, when he beat P Kashyap in the summit clash in Indore."
• "Zedillo wanted at all costs to avoid the sixth-year, end-of-term jinx that has befallen every Mexican president since Luis Echeverria in 1976."
• "Hey listen, this is just the second-term jinx that always happens once you're a president."