voodoo

About 0.66 uses per million words.

Meaning

1. noun Any of a group of related religious practices found chiefly in and around the Caribbean, particularly in Haiti and Louisiana.
2. noun The spiritual beliefs of the Ewe/Fon of West Africa, practiced chiefly in Benin and in the south of Togo.
3. noun Any sort of magical or irrational approach to a problem.

   I want a real explanation, not this statistical voodoo.

4. noun One who practices voodoo; a native sorcerer.
5. verb To bewitch someone or something using voodoo

   He claimed his neighbor had voodooed him.

Similar words

voodooism juju hoodooism vodoun hoodoo fetish fetich obeah magic warlock

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Word family

vodou vodous voodooed voodooing voodoos