hoodoonoun [ U ]
uk/ˈhuː.duː//ˈhuː.duː/a set of magical beliefs and practices that originally came from West Africa:
Haitian folklore told tales of dead people whose bodies were awakened by hoodoo.
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Magic
- abracadabra
- alchemy
- bewitch
- black magic
- chalice
- conjure
- curse
- escapology
- evil
- hex
- incantation
- legerdemain
- magical
- potion
- sleight of hand
- sorcery
- spell
- the evil eye idiom
- voodoo
- wizardry
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informal a magical or mysterious power over other people:
He thought this was some sort of feminine hoodoo.
Thesaurus: synonyms and related words
Magic
- abracadabra
- alchemy
- bewitch
- black magic
- chalice
- conjure
- curse
- escapology
- evil
- hex
- incantation
- legerdemain
- magical
- potion
- sleight of hand
- sorcery
- spell
- the evil eye idiom
- voodoo
- wizardry
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