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WordReference Random House Learner's Dictionary of American English © 2024voo•doo /ˈvudu/USA pronunciation n., pl. -doos, adj. n. [uncountable] - Religiona religion practiced chiefly by West Indians, derived principally from African cult worship and containing elements borrowed from Catholicism.
- black magic;
sorcery.
adj. - of, associated with, or practicing voodoo.
voo•doo•ism, n. [uncountable] WordReference Random House Unabridged Dictionary of American English © 2024voo•doo (vo̅o̅′do̅o̅),USA pronunciation n., pl. -doos, adj., v., -dooed, -doo•ing. n. - Also, vodun. a polytheistic religion practiced chiefly by West Indians, deriving principally from African cult worship and containing elements borrowed from the Catholic religion.
- a person who practices this religion.
- a fetish or other object of voodoo worship.
- Anthropologya group of magical and ecstatic rites associated with voodoo.
- (not in technical use) black magic;
sorcery.
adj. - of, pertaining to, associated with, or practicing voodoo.
- Informal Terms(usually disparaging). characterized by deceptively simple, almost magical, solutions or ideas:voodoo politics.
v.t. - to affect by voodoo sorcery.
- a West African source perh. akin to Ewe vodũ demon
- Louisiana French, earlier vandoux, vandoo
- 1810–20, American.
Collins Concise English Dictionary © HarperCollins Publishers:: voodoo /ˈvuːduː/ n ( pl -doos)- Also called: voodooism a religious cult involving witchcraft and communication by trance with ancestors and animistic deities, common in Haiti and other Caribbean islands
- a person who practises voodoo
- a charm, spell, or fetish involved in voodoo worship and ritual
adj - relating to or associated with voodoo
vb ( -doos, -dooing, -dooed)- (transitive) to affect by or as if by the power of voodoo
Etymology: 19th Century: from Louisiana French voudou, ultimately of West African origin; compare Ewe vodu guardian spiritˈvoodooist n |