voodoonoun [ U ]
uk/ˈvuː.duː/us/ˈvuː.duː/a type of religion involving magic and the worship of spirits (= people who cannot be seen), especially common in Haiti
informal bad luck:
They felt as if there was some sort of voodoo on the band, because everything just went wrong.
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Magic
- abracadabra
- alchemy
- bewitch
- black magic
- chalice
- conjure
- curse
- escapology
- evil
- hex
- hoodoo
- incantation
- magic word
- magical
- potion
- sleight of hand
- sorcery
- spell
- the evil eye idiom
- wizardry
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