Associations to the word «Jinx»

Wiktionary

JINX, noun. A hex; an evil spell.
JINX, noun. A person or thing supposed to bring bad luck.
JINX, verb. (transitive) To cast a spell on.
JINX, verb. (transitive) To bring bad luck to.
JINX, interjection. Used after the same response is said by two people simultaneously. Often, a game is played where the person who failed to say "jinx" first becomes "jinxed", whereby they cannot speak until someone says their name.

Dictionary definition

JINX, noun. A person believed to bring bad luck to those around him.
JINX, noun. An evil spell; "a witch put a curse on his whole family"; "he put the whammy on me".
JINX, verb. Cast a spell over someone or something; put a hex on someone or something.
JINX, verb. Foredoom to failure; "This project is jinxed!".

Wise words

Words, words, words! They shut one off from the universe. Three quarters of the time one's never in contact with things, only with the beastly words that stand for them.
Aldous Huxley