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 Definitions of voodoo  [ˈvu du]  

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Definition of 'voodoo' Random House Webster's College Dictionary 

1. (n.) voodoo
a polytheistic religion practiced chiefly by West Indians, deriving principally from African cult worship and containing elements borrowed from the Catholic religion.

2.  voodoo
a person who practices this religion.

3.  voodoo
a fetish or other object of voodoo worship.

4.  voodoo
black magic; sorcery.

5. (adj.) voodoo
of, associated with, or practicing voodoo.

6.  voodoo
deceptively simple:
voodoo economics.

7. (v.t.) voodoo
to affect by voodoo sorcery.

Etymology:  (1810–20, Amer.; < LaF, earlier vandoux, vandoo)

Definition of 'voodoo' Princeton's WordNet 

1. (noun) juju, voodoo, hoodoo, fetish, fetich
a charm superstitiously believed to embody magical powers

2. (noun) voodoo
(Haiti) followers of a religion that involves witchcraft and animistic deities

3. (verb) voodoo, vodoun, voodooism, hoodooism
a religious cult practiced chiefly in Caribbean countries (especially Haiti); involves witchcraft and animistic deities

4. (verb) voodoo
bewitch by or as if by a voodoo


Definition of 'voodoo' Webster Dictionary 

1. (adj) voodoo
of or pertaining to voodooism, or a voodoo; as, voodoo incantations

2. (noun) voodoo
see Voodooism

3. (noun) voodoo
one who practices voodooism; a negro sorcerer


Definitions of 'voodoo' The Nuttall Encyclopedia 

1.  voodoo
name given to a system of magic and superstitious rites prevalent among certain negro races.


Translation of 'voodoo' Kernerman English Multilingual Dictionary 

Sense: a type of witchcraft originally practised by certain Negro races in the West Indies.

Afrikaans flag Afrikaans: voedoe Arabic flag Arabic: فودو: مَزيج من السِّحْر و Bulgarian flag Bulgarian: вуду
Brazilian flag Brazilian: vodu Czech flag Czech: čarodějnictví German flag German: der Wodu
Danish flag Danish: voodoo Greek flag Greek: βουντού Spanish flag Spanish: vudú
Estonian flag Estonian: voodoo Farsi flag Farsi: طلسم ودو Finnish flag Finnish: voodoo
French flag French: vaudou Hebrew flag Hebrew: כִּישוּף ווּדוּ Hindi flag Hindi: तन्त्र-मन्त्र
Croatian flag Croatian: vudu Hungarian flag Hungarian: néger varázslás Indonesian flag Indonesian: tenung
Icelandic flag Icelandic: vúdú(galdrar) Italian flag Italian: vudù Japanese flag Japanese: ブーズー教
Korean flag Korean: 부두교(주로 서인도 제도의 흑인들이 믿는 다신 Lithuanian flag Lithuanian: burtai, kerai Latvian flag Latvian: maģija; buršana
Malay flag Malay: voodoo Dutch flag Dutch: voodoo Norwegian flag Norwegian: voodoo(-trolldom)
Polish flag Polish: gusła Persian flag Persian: طلسم ودو Pashto flag Pashto: په افريقايي تور پوستو كې
Portuguese flag Portuguese: vudu Romanian flag Romanian: voodoo Russian flag Russian: шаманство
Slovak flag Slovak: čarodejníctvo Slovenian flag Slovenian: vudu Serbian flag Serbian: vudu
Swedish flag Swedish: voodoo Thai flag Thai: พิธีทางศาสนาและเวทมนตร์ขอ Turkish flag Turkish: vudu, büyü
Taiwanese flag Taiwanese: 巫毒教 Ukrainian flag Ukrainian: шаманство, чаклунство Urdu flag Urdu: سفلي جادو
Vietnamese flag Vietnamese: sự dùng tà thuật Chinese flag Chinese: (尤指西印度群岛等地的)伏都教

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