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From: DICT.TW English-Chinese Dictionary 英漢字典
 hoo·doo /ˈhu(ˌ)du/
 不祥(vt.)使倒楣
From: Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)
 Hoo·doo n.
 1. One who causes bad luck. [Colloq.]
From: Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)
 Hoo·doo, v. t. To be a hoodoo to; to bring bad luck to by occult influence; to bewitch. [Colloq., U. S.]
From: Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)
 Hoo·doo, n. A natural rock pile or pinnacle of fantastic shape. [Western U. S.] “I watched for hours as the shadows moved through the hoodoos in Bryce Canyon park.”
 
From: WordNet (r) 2.0
 hoodoo
      n 1: a column of weathered and eccentrically shaped rock; "a tall
           sandstone hoodoo"
      2: a practitioner of voodoo
      3: a charm superstitiously believed to embody magical powers
         [syn: juju, voodoo, fetish, fetich]
      4: something believed to bring bad luck
      v : bring back luck; be a source of misfortune