Voodoo

5 definitions found

From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Voodoo \Voo"doo\, n.
     1. See {Voodooism}.
        [1913 Webster]
  
     2. One who practices voodooism; a negro sorcerer.
        [1913 Webster]



From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Voodoo \Voo"doo\, a.
     Of or pertaining to voodooism, or a voodoo; as, voodoo
     incantations.
     [1913 Webster]

From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:

  voodoo
       n 1: a charm superstitiously believed to embody magical powers
            [syn: {juju}, {hoodoo}, {fetish}, {fetich}]
       2: a religious cult practiced chiefly in Caribbean countries
          (especially Haiti); involves witchcraft and animistic
          deities [syn: {vodoun}, {voodooism}, {hoodooism}]
       v : bewitch by or as if by a voodoo

From Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0 [moby-thes]:

  117 Moby Thesaurus words for "voodoo":
     Jonah, alchemy, amulet, bad influence, bedevil, bewitch,
     bewitchery, cantrip, charm, conjurer, curse, demonize, diabolize,
     divination, enchant, enchanter, enchantment, evil eye, evil genius,
     evil star, exorciser, exorcist, fetish, fetishism, fylfot,
     gammadion, glamour, good-luck charm, gramarye, hex, hoodoo,
     ill wind, incantational, incantatory, jinx, juju, jujuism,
     love charm, lucky bean, lucky piece, madstone, mage, magian, magic,
     magus, malevolent influence, malocchio, mascot, medicine man,
     mumbo jumbo, mundunugu, natural magic, necromancer, necromancy,
     necromantic, numinous, obeah, obeah doctor, obsess, overlook,
     periapt, philter, phylactery, possess, rune, scarab, scarabaeus,
     scarabee, shaman, shamanic, shamanism, shamanist, shamanistic,
     sorcerer, sorcerous, sorcery, sortilege, spell, spellbinding,
     spellcasting, sudarium, swastika, sympathetic magic, talisman,
     talismanic, thaumaturgia, thaumaturgic, thaumaturgics,
     thaumaturgism, thaumaturgy, theurgy, unspeller, vampirism,
     veronica, voodooism, voodooist, voodooistic, wanga, wangateur,
     warlock, weird, whammy, white magic, witch, witch doctor,
     witch master, witch-finder, witchcraft, witchery, witchlike,
     witchman, witchwork, witchy, wizard, wizardlike, wizardly,
     wizardry
  
  

From Virtual Entity of Relevant Acronyms (Version 1.9, June 2002) [vera]:

  VOODOO
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