Noun: voodoo
| Singular | voodoo |
| Plural | voodoos |
Sample Sentences
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Years later, she had found out about the Voodoo drink - a concoction of rum, gunpowder, grave-dirt and human blood. She almost retched as the taste came back to her mouth. [1954, Ian Fleming, “Allumeuse”, in Live and Let Die, London: Pan Books, published 1957, page 109:]
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You cannot understand Haitian Vodou as it is practised today without first knowing something about the culture from which it sprang, and the ways history has shaped religion, and vice versa. [2007, Kevin Filan, The Haitian Vodou Handbook, Destiny Books, page 13:]
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I want a real explanation, not this statistical voodoo.
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So a reporter of the Boston Herald (U.S.) has 'interviewed' a few local Voodoos. He has seen a dance round a boiling pot, seen some tomfoolery with spiders, and heard a lot of superstitious stories. [1889, Longman's Magazine, volume 14, page 557:]
Nouns inflected like voodoo
soldier's woundwort,
Nicosian,
whopper,
greypate,
tactile sign language,
chronotrope,
Rosie Lee,
dissentient,
photoinactivator,
sulphonediimine,
coastal waterfall,
residuary devise,
bituminization,
nitrosonaphthol,
smṛiti,
geosphere,
backscreen,
mensuralist,
flocculate,
flocculant, etc. (List truncated at 20 nouns)
Etymology
From Louisiana Creole voudou, from Haitian Creole Vodou, from a West African language, such as Ewe vódũ (“deity, idol”), Fon vòdún (“fetish”) or the Kwa languages vodũ.
Verbs referencing "voodoo"
Finnish Nouns
voodoo, Norwegian Bokmål Nouns
voodoo, Norwegian Nynorsk Nouns
voodoo, German Nouns
Voodoo, Italian Nouns
vudù.