hoodoo

(noun, verb)

noun

1. (geology) a column of weathered and unusually shaped rock

- a tall sandstone hoodoo

Definition categories: shape, column, pillar, tower

2. a practitioner of voodoo

Definition categories: person, hoodooism, vodoun, voodoo, voodooism, priest

3. a charm superstitiously believed to embody magical powers

Similar word(s): fetich, fetish, juju, voodoo

Definition categories: man–made, charm

4. something believed to bring bad luck

Definition categories: man–made, object

verb

1. bring bad luck; be a source of misfortune

Definition categories: stative, be