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Meanings of voodoo in English

Portuguese
fetiche
Catalan
fetitxe

A charm superstitiously believed to embody magical powers.

        fetiche
        Portuguese
        vodu
        Catalan
        vudú

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

              vodu

              An old decrepit automobile.

                  Usage of voodoo in English
                  1
                  We traveled outside New York and visited witches and voodoo people too.
                  Beastly
                  2
                  This morning, their area of expertise had seemed as exotic as voodoo.
                  Phantoms
                  3
                  Had I incurred some sort of vacation voodoo I wasn't aware of?
                  Beautiful Bitch
                  4
                  And Madame Delacroix is one of the best voodoo witches there is.
                  James Potter and the Curse of the Gatekeeper
                  5
                  He's still grinning, making some kind of voodoo symbol with his hands.
                  Devil Bones
                  6
                  No occult store would be complete without the New Orleans-style voodoo doll.
                  Wicca Spellcraft For Men
                  7
                  You fellows make a voodoo mystery of flight because it pays you.
                  Master Tales of Mystery, Volume 3
                  8
                  In the meantime, I'll check with Madame Delacroix about your voodoo doll.
                  James Potter and the Curse of the Gatekeeper
                  9
                  But for all her art, she is but a baby in voodoo.
                  The Laughing Corpse
                  10
                  One of the two voodoo puppeteers is devoted to the gorilla's mug.
                  Wired
                  11
                  They found some voodoo butter and your boy started banging my boy.
                  Black Deutschland
                  12
                  The city smelled like fire, like an odor from some voodoo ritual.
                  Mysterious Skin
                  13
                  These are far more credible explanations for failure than voodoo and curses.
                  The original curse: did the cubs throw the 1918 world series to ...
                  14
                  That voodoo abortionist he was babbling about, yeah, that's who got him.
                  Breeder
                  15
                  Did you know he carried the symbols of voodoo next his heart?
                  O. Henry Memorial Award Prize Stories of 1921
                  16
                  They're not going to give a fuck about all this voodoo shit.
                  Whispers Under Ground
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                  Translations for voodoo
                  Portuguese
                  fetichevodu
                  Voodoo through the time
                  Voodoo across language varieties
                  United States of America
                  Common
                  United Kingdom
                  Less common