as in Indian signs
something that brings bad luck
some hoodoo must be at work—I lost both sets of house keys
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Recent Examples of hoodoos
Tracing the contours of the Rio Grande through Big Bend Ranch State Park, the River Road passes hoodoos and a dizzying overlook called the Big Hill.
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Eva Frederick, Travel + Leisure, 26 Aug. 2025
Bryce Canyon’s Fairyland Loop presents a fairy-tale landscape of biscuity hoodoos.
—Jennifer Malloy, Outside, 1 Aug. 2025
Eva Frederick, Travel + Leisure, 26 Aug. 2025
Bryce Canyon’s Fairyland Loop presents a fairy-tale landscape of biscuity hoodoos.
—Jennifer Malloy, Outside, 1 Aug. 2025
Recent Examples of Synonyms for hoodoos
Noun
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As rocks and curses flew from the street, bullets spat from the middle window on the south side of the house.—
Neal Rubin,
Freep.com,
6 Sep. 2025
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Seth was given the job to create a list of curses and a list of clean words that Steve could shout.—
Ryan Gajewski,
HollywoodReporter,
25 Aug. 2025
Noun
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The Upper Peninsula and northern Michigan could see frequent rain, drizzle, and early snow with warm spells later in the month.—
Sarah Moore,
Freep.com,
16 Sep. 2025
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The Netflix subsidiary behind the first and the third seasons of The Witcher was called Hocus Pocus Productions in a nod to the spells at the heart of the story.—
Caroline Reid,
Forbes.com,
15 Sep. 2025
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“Hoodoos.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/hoodoos. Accessed 21 Sep. 2025.
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