hoodoo
A set of spiritual practices and traditions created and concealed from slave-owners by…A set of spiritual practices and traditions created and concealed from slave-owners by enslaved Africans in North America, based on traditional African beliefs.
Meaning
4 senses(uncountable)A set of spiritual practices and traditions created and concealed from slave-owners by enslaved Africans in North America, based on traditional African beliefs.
(US, countable, uncountable)A practitioner of voodoo.
a practitioner of voodoo
(US, countable, uncountable)Supernatural bad luck, or something or someone believed to bring bad luck.
something believed to bring bad luck
(countable, uncountable)A tall thin spire of rock that protrudes from the bottom of arid basins and badlands.
Erdpyramide, Erdpfeiler
худуxudu
Translations
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Origin
Apparently an alteration of voodoo.Apparently an alteration of voodoo.
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Forms
plural: hoodoosSynonyms
7 synonymsWord family
3 related wordsLessons for this word
1 lessons- A1Countable and uncountable nouns — Because it can be uncountable