VOODOO

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does voodoo mean? 

• VOODOO (noun)
  The noun VOODOO has 3 senses:

1. a charm superstitiously believed to embody magical powers

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

3. a religious cult practiced chiefly in Caribbean countries (especially Haiti); involves witchcraft and animistic deities

  Familiarity information: VOODOO used as a noun is uncommon.

• VOODOO (verb)
  The verb VOODOO has 1 sense:

1. bewitch by or as if by a voodoo

  Familiarity information: VOODOO used as a verb is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• VOODOO (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

A charm superstitiously believed to embody magical powers

Classified under:

Nouns denoting man-made objects

Synonyms:

fetich; fetish; hoodoo; juju; voodoo

Hypernyms ("voodoo" is a kind of...):

charm; good luck charm (something believed to bring good luck)

Derivation:

voodoo (bewitch by or as if by a voodoo)

Sense 2

Meaning:

(Haiti) followers of a religion that involves witchcraft and animistic deities

Classified under:

Nouns denoting groupings of people or objects

Hypernyms ("voodoo" is a kind of...):

cult (followers of an exclusive system of beliefs and practices)

Domain category:

Haiti; Republic of Haiti (a republic in the West Indies on the western part of the island of Hispaniola; achieved independence from France in 1804; the poorest and most illiterate nation in the western hemisphere)

Sense 3

Meaning:

A religious cult practiced chiefly in Caribbean countries (especially Haiti); involves witchcraft and animistic deities

Classified under:

Nouns denoting cognitive processes and contents

Synonyms:

hoodooism; vodoun; voodoo; voodooism

Hypernyms ("voodoo" is a kind of...):

cult; cultus; religious cult (a system of religious beliefs and rituals)

Domain member category:

zombi; zombi spirit; zombie; zombie spirit ((voodooism) a spirit or supernatural force that reanimates a dead body)

Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "voodoo"):

hoodoo (a practitioner of voodoo)

Derivation:

voodoo (bewitch by or as if by a voodoo)

• VOODOO (verb)

Sense 1

Meaning:

Bewitch by or as if by a voodoo

Classified under:

Verbs of telling, asking, ordering, singing

Hypernyms (to "voodoo" is one way to...):

bewitch; enchant; glamour; hex; jinx; witch (cast a spell over someone or something; put a hex on someone or something)

Sentence frame:

Somebody ----s somebody

Derivation:

voodoo (a charm superstitiously believed to embody magical powers)

voodoo (a religious cult practiced chiefly in Caribbean countries (especially Haiti); involves witchcraft and animistic deities)