Dictionary Definition
hoodoo
Noun
1 a column of weathered and eccentrically shaped
rock; "a tall sandstone hoodoo"
2 a practitioner of voodoo
4 something believed to bring bad luck v : bring
back luck; be a source of misfortune
User Contributed Dictionary
English
Noun
Extensive Definition
Hoodoo may refer to:
In culture:
- Hoodoo (folk magic), African traditional folk magic
- Hoodoo, an album by singer Alison Moyet
- Hoodoo Gurus, an Australian rock music group
- Horatio J. HooDoo, a character in the Lidsville TV show
- "Hoodoo", a song by an English rock band Muse from their album Black Holes & Revelations
- Hoodoo Man is a song by the Krautrock band Birth Control
In geology:
- Hoodoo (geology), a geological formation
- Hoodoo Mountain, a volcanic tuya in British Columbia, Canada
- Hoodoo Butte, a volcanic cone in the Cascade Range in Oregon, United States
In geography:
- Hoodoo (geography), mountains in Latah County, Idaho, United States
- Hoodoo District (geography), a mining district in Latah County, Idaho, United States
In recreation:
- Hoodoo (ski area), a ski resort located on Hoodoo Butte in Oregon, United States
hoodoo in Dutch: Hoodoo
hoodoo in Swedish: Hoodoo
Synonyms, Antonyms and Related Words
Jonah,
alchemy, amulet, bad influence, bedevil, bewitch, bewitchery, bring bad luck,
charm, curse, demonize, diabolize, divination, enchantment, evil eye, evil
genius, evil star, fetish, fetishism, fylfot, gammadion, glamour, good-luck charm,
gramarye, hex, ill wind, jinx, juju, jujuism, love charm, lucky bean,
lucky piece, madstone,
magic, malevolent
influence, malocchio,
mascot, mumbo jumbo,
natural magic, necromancy, obeah, obsess, overlook, periapt, philter, phylactery, possess, rune, scarab, scarabaeus, scarabee, shamanism, sorcery, sortilege, spell, spellbinding, spellcasting, sudarium, swastika, sympathetic magic,
talisman, thaumaturgia, thaumaturgics, thaumaturgism, thaumaturgy, theurgy, vampirism, veronica, voodoo, voodooism, wanga, whammy, white magic, witch, witchcraft, witchery, witchwork, wizardry