jinx
noun
[ dʒɪŋks ]
• a person or thing that brings bad luck.
• "one was never to wish luck to someone going hunting or fishing, as it was seen as a jinx"
Similar:
curse,
spell,
hoodoo,
malediction,
plague,
affliction,
the evil eye,
black magic,
voodoo,
bad luck,
evil fortune,
cess,
hex,
the kiss of death,
malison,
jinx
verb
• bring bad luck to; cast an evil spell on.
• "the play is jinxed"
Similar:
curse,
cast a spell on,
put the evil eye on,
hoodoo,
bewitch,
point the bone at,
hex,
mozz,
put the mozz on,
accurse,
jinx
exclamation
• said when two people inadvertently say the same thing at once.
• "‘What's happened?’ we both say at exactly the same time. ‘Jinx!’"
Origin:
early 20th century (originally US): probably a variant of jynx ‘wryneck’ (because the bird was used in witchcraft).
