Voodoo (noun) Definition, Meaning & Examples

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noun, plural Voo·doos.
  1. a fusion of Afro-Caribbean Vodou and folk magic practiced chiefly in Louisiana, deriving ultimately from West African Vodun and containing elements borrowed from the Roman Catholic religion.
  2. a person who practices this religion.
  3. a fetish or other object of Voodoo worship.
  4. a group of magical and ecstatic rites associated with Voodoo.
  5. (loosely) black magic; sorcery.
adjective
  1. of, pertaining to, associated with, or practicing Voodoo.
  2. characterized by deceptively simple, almost as if magical, solutions or ideas: voodoo economics.
verb (used with object), Voo·dooed, Voo·doo·ing.
  1. to affect by Voodoo magic.
noun plural -doos
  1. a religious cult involving witchcraft and communication by trance with ancestors and animistic deities, common in Haiti and other Caribbean islands
  2. a person who practises voodoo
  3. a charm, spell, or fetish involved in voodoo worship and ritual
adjective
  1. relating to or associated with voodoo
verb -doos, -dooing or -dooed
  1. to affect by or as if by the power of voodoo
Voodoo (noun) Definition, Meaning & Examples

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