hoodoo /ˈhuːduː/noun 4verb 1forms 3 noun4 •(US) Supernatural bad luck, or something or someone believed to bring bad luck.The three men wondered whether they would find Colson at Taylor's Creek. They felt that a hoodoo hung over the place. — 1931 •A set of spiritual practices and traditions created and concealed from slave-owners by enslaved Africans in North America, based on traditional African beliefs. •A tall thin spire of rock that protrudes from the bottom of arid basins and badlands. •(US) A practitioner of voodoo. verb1 •To jinx; to bring bad luck or misfortune to. formshoodooed · hoodooing · hoodoos
