Hoo·doo n.
1. One who causes bad luck. [Colloq.]
Hoo·doo, v. t. To be a hoodoo to; to bring bad luck to by occult influence; to bewitch. [Colloq., U. S.]
Hoo·doo, n. A natural rock pile or pinnacle of fantastic shape. [Western U. S.] “I watched for hours as the shadows moved through the hoodoos in Bryce Canyon park.”
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hoodoo
n 1: a column of weathered and eccentrically shaped rock; "a tall
sandstone hoodoo"
2: a practitioner of voodoo
3: a charm superstitiously believed to embody magical powers
[syn: juju, voodoo, fetish, fetich]
4: something believed to bring bad luck
v : bring back luck; be a source of misfortune