| slovo | definícia |
hoodoo
(encz) | hoodoo,pech Zdeněk Brož |
Hoodoo
(gcide) | Hoodoo \Hoo"doo\, v. t.
To be a hoodoo to; to bring bad luck to by occult influence;
to bewitch. [Colloq., U. S.]
[Webster 1913 Suppl.] |
Hoodoo
(gcide) | Hoodoo \Hoo"doo\ (h[=oo]"d[=oo]), n. [Perh. a var. of voodoo.]
1. One who causes bad luck. [Colloq.]
[1913 Webster]
2. Same as voodoo.
[PJC]
3. Bad luck.
[PJC] |
Hoodoo
(gcide) | Hoodoo \Hoo"doo\, n.
A natural rock pile or pinnacle of fantastic shape. [Western
U. S.] "I watched for hours as the shadows moved through the
hoodoos in Bryce Canyon park."
[Webster 1913 Suppl. +PJC] |
hoodoo
(wn) | hoodoo
n 1: (geology) a column of weathered and unusually shaped rock;
"a tall sandstone hoodoo"
2: a practitioner of voodoo
3: a charm superstitiously believed to embody magical powers
[syn: juju, voodoo, hoodoo, fetish, fetich]
4: something believed to bring bad luck
v 1: bring bad luck; be a source of misfortune |
| | podobné slovo | definícia |
hoodoo
(encz) | hoodoo,pech Zdeněk Brož |
hoodooism
(encz) | hoodooism, n: |
hoodooism
(gcide) | hoodooism \hoodooism\ n.
Voodoo, a form of religion practiced chiefly in Caribbean
countries (esp. Haiti); it involves witchcraft and animistic
deities.
Syn: voodoo, vodoun, voodooism.
[WordNet 1.5] |
hoodoo
(wn) | hoodoo
n 1: (geology) a column of weathered and unusually shaped rock;
"a tall sandstone hoodoo"
2: a practitioner of voodoo
3: a charm superstitiously believed to embody magical powers
[syn: juju, voodoo, hoodoo, fetish, fetich]
4: something believed to bring bad luck
v 1: bring bad luck; be a source of misfortune |
hoodooism
(wn) | hoodooism
n 1: a religious cult practiced chiefly in Caribbean countries
(especially Haiti); involves witchcraft and animistic
deities [syn: voodoo, vodoun, voodooism, hoodooism] |
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