hoodoo

Meanings

Plural: hoodoos

Noun

• (geology) a column of weathered and unusually shaped rock
  • "a tall sandstone hoodoo"
• a practitioner of voodoo
• a charm superstitiously believed to embody magical powers
• something believed to bring bad luck
• A set of spiritual practices and traditions created and concealed from slave-owners by enslaved Africans in North America, based on traditional African beliefs.
• A practitioner of voodoo.
• Supernatural bad luck, or something or someone believed to bring bad luck.
• A tall thin spire of rock that protrudes from the bottom of arid basins and badlands.

Verb

• bring bad luck; be a source of misfortune
• To jinx; to bring bad luck or misfortune to.

Synonyms

earth pyramid, fairy chimney, fetich, fetish, juju, tent rock, voodoo