plural voodoos
1
: of, relating to, or practicing voodoo
voodoo rituals
2
: based on highly improbable suppositions : extremely implausible or unrealistic
voodoo economics
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Noun
found a voodoo who was willing to put a hex on the man who had jilted her
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Meagan Navarro, Vulture, 31 Oct. 2024
In real life, Laveau was a herbalist, midwife, and Voodoo practitioner in New Orleans, and Tituba was an enslaved Native American woman (not a Black voodoo practitioner as she is often wrongfully depicted).
—Ivana Rihter, Vogue, 24 Oct. 2024
Mitch Sherman, The Athletic, 1 Aug. 2024
The mother goes to a voodoo master who tries to perform a ‘cutting destiny’ ritual for the relationship.
—Sara Merican, Deadline, 2 Sep. 2024
Charles Pulliam-Moore, The Verge, 20 June 2023
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Noun
Only, this serial killer was forced to possess a Good Guy Doll by way of voodoo after an intense shootout opening scene.
—Meagan Navarro, Vulture, 31 Oct. 2024
In real life, Laveau was a herbalist, midwife, and Voodoo practitioner in New Orleans, and Tituba was an enslaved Native American woman (not a Black voodoo practitioner as she is often wrongfully depicted).
—Ivana Rihter, Vogue, 24 Oct. 2024
Adjective
Nebraska doesn't need a 'voodoo doll' to right last season's wrongs
Plentiful leadership
Robinson, center Ben Scott and safety Isaac Gifford represented Nebraska in Indianapolis last week, a nod from Rhule for their decisions to return at Nebraska over opportunities to get to the NFL.
—Mitch Sherman, The Athletic, 1 Aug. 2024
The mother goes to a voodoo master who tries to perform a ‘cutting destiny’ ritual for the relationship.
—Sara Merican, Deadline, 2 Sep. 2024
Verb
Despite his clearly enjoying killing people for personal reasons, the movie’s Kraven seems to think of himself as a kind of antihero, which voodoo practitioner Calypso (Ariana DeBose) rightfully clocks as a red flag.
—Charles Pulliam-Moore, The Verge, 20 June 2023
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“Voodoo.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/voodoo. Accessed 1 Dec. 2024.
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