What is the meaning of hoodoo?

noun

  • Geology) a column of weathered and unusually shaped rock. (
    • usage: "a tall sandstone hoodoo"
  • A practitioner of voodoo.
  • A charm superstitiously believed to embody magical powers.
  • Something believed to bring bad luck.

verb

  • Bring bad luck; be a source of misfortune. .
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