ROMRRmagicalbeliefs and practices used as a form of religion, especially by people in Haiti 〔尤指海地人信仰的〕伏都教(巫术)
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voodoo• Jonnie said he was going to a voodooceremony that night.• a voodoopriest• He taught me about voodoo, about the spirit of the rain and the spirit of the wind.• On the whole, lawyers look at marketing as voodoo.• Chucha started to unravel her bundle, and we all guessed she was about to do a little farewellvoodoo on us.• It may work, or it might be just another item from the guitarvoodoohandbook.• Like voodoo, or sympatheticmedicine.• It's no longer voodoo and mumbo-jumbo to us.• It was something in the air, she decided, some voodoospell maybe.
Originvoodoo
(1800-1900)Louisiana Frenchvoudou, from an African language