Meaning

1 senses

  1. To bewitch someone or something using voodoo

    He claimed his neighbor had voodooed him.

    bewitch by or as if by a voodoo

Examples

18 sentences

  1. I don't believe in voodoo.

    Я не вірю у вуду. — deniko

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  2. I made a Tom voodoo doll.

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  3. I'm not a believer of voodoo.

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  4. Don't make fun of the voodoo priestess.

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  5. Oleg found a voodoo doll in the drawer.

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Origin

From Louisiana Creole voudou, from Haitian Creole Vodou, from a West African language, suc

From Louisiana Creole voudou, from Haitian Creole Vodou, from a West African language, such as Ewe vódũ (“deity, idol”), Fon vòdún (“fetish”) or the Kwa languages vodũ.

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Forms

voodoos, voodooing, voodooed, voodooed
Base formvoodoo · to voodoo
3rd person singularvoodoos
Present participlevoodooing
Past simplevoodooed
Past participlevoodooed

regular · Lesson

Present simpleLesson

I, you, we, theyvoodoo
he, she, itvoodoos

Past simpleLesson

all personsvoodooed

Present perfectLesson

I, you, we, theyhave voodooed
he, she, ithas voodooed

Future simple (will)Lesson

all personswill voodoo

Word family

1 related words
Relatedhoodoo

Lessons for this word

3 lessons

See also

neighbours in the dictionary
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Dictionary text adapted from Wiktionary (Wiktionary contributors, CC BY-SA 4.0) and Open English WordNet / Princeton WordNet (CC BY 4.0, WordNet License); shared under CC BY-SA 4.0. Example sentences and recordings are credited where they appear.

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