Associations to the word «Hoodoo»

Wiktionary

HOODOO, noun. African traditional folk magic.
HOODOO, noun. (geology) A tall thin spire of rock that protrudes from the bottom of arid basins and badlands.
HOODOO, noun. Something or someone believed to bring bad luck.
HOODOO, verb. (transitive) To jinx; to bring bad luck or misfortune to.

Dictionary definition

HOODOO, noun. (geology) a column of weathered and unusually shaped rock; "a tall sandstone hoodoo".
HOODOO, noun. A practitioner of voodoo.
HOODOO, noun. A charm superstitiously believed to embody magical powers.
HOODOO, noun. Something believed to bring bad luck.
HOODOO, verb. Bring bad luck; be a source of misfortune.

Wise words

We cannot always control our thoughts, but we can control our words, and repetition impresses the subconscious, and we are then master of the situation.
Florence Scovel Shinn