First Known Use: 1875
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1hoodoo
noun hoo·doo \ˈhü-(ˌ)dü\
plural hoodoos
Definition of HOODOO
1
: a body of practices of sympathetic magic traditional especially among blacks in the southern United States
2
: a natural column of rock in western North America often in fantastic form
3
: something that brings bad luck
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Origin of HOODOO
perhaps alteration of voodoo
Related to HOODOO
- Synonyms
- applesauce [slang], balderdash, baloney (also boloney), beans, bilge, blah (also blah-blah), blarney, blather, blatherskite, blither, bosh, bull [slang], bunk, bunkum (or buncombe), claptrap, codswallop [British], crapola [slang], crock, drivel, drool, fiddle, fiddle-faddle, fiddlesticks, flannel [British], flapdoodle, folderol (also falderal), folly, foolishness, fudge, garbage, guff, hogwash, hokeypokey, hokum, nonsense, hooey, horsefeathers [slang], humbug, humbuggery, jazz, malarkey (also malarky), moonshine, muck, nerts [slang], nuts, piffle, poppycock, punk, rot, rubbish, senselessness, silliness, slush, stupidity, taradiddle (or tarradiddle), tommyrot, tosh, trash, trumpery, twaddle
2hoodoo
verb
Definition of HOODOO
transitive verb
: to cast a spell on; broadly : to bring bad luck to
First Known Use of HOODOO
1886
Rhymes with HOODOO
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