0 a set of magical beliefs and practices that originally came from West Africa:
1 a magical or mysterious power over other people:
Many patent medicines, cosmetics, and household cleaning supplies for mainstream consumers have been aimed also at hoodoo practitioners.
The men claimed that the hoodoo appeared ready to fall, and that they knocked it over to prevent park visitors from being hurt.
Narcisse claims to practice voodoo, but it's more like hoodoo, with her herbs doing magic.
Hoodoo is sometimes thought of as folk magic or superstition.
What is striking about the hoodoo folk process is the use of biblical figures in its practices and in the lives of its practitioners.
Hoodoo practice does not require a formally designated minister.
Attempts have been made to read a hoodoo significance into the phrase dust my broom.
I'll put a curse on this team that will hoodoo it until the end of time.
