hoo·doo (ho?o?do?o)n. pl. hoo·doos 1. a. Magic healing and control, especially in African-based folk medicine in the United States and the Caribbean. Also called conjure.b. A practitioner of hoodoo.2. Voodoo.3. a. Bad luck.b. One that brings bad luck.4. Geology A column of eccentrically shaped rock, produced by differential weathering.tr.v. hoo·dooed, hoo·doo·ing, hoo·doos 1. To practice hoodoo on; affect with a charm or curse.2. To bring bad luck to.[Of West African origin, possibly from voodoo.]hoo?doo·ism n.American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fifth Edition. Copyright © 2016 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. All rights reserved.hoodoo (?hu?du?) n, pl -doos1. (Other Non-Christian Religions) a variant of voodoo2. informal a person or thing that brings bad luck3. informal bad luck4. (Physical Geography) (in the western US and Canada) a strangely shaped column of rockvb, -doos, -dooing or -dooed (tr) informal to bring bad luck to[C19: variant of voodoo] ?hoodooism nCollins English Dictionary ? Complete and Unabridged, 12th Edition 2014 © HarperCollins Publishers 1991, 1994, 1998, 2000, 2003, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2011, 2014hoo?doo (?hu du) n., pl. -doos, v. n. 1. voodoo. 2. bad luck. 3. a person or thing that brings bad luck. 4. a pillar of rock, usu. of fantastic shape, left by erosion. v.t. 5. to bring or cause bad luck to. [1870?75, Amer.; appar. variant of voodoo] hoo?doo?ism, n. Random House Kernerman Webster’s College Dictionary, © 2010 K Dictionaries Ltd. Copyright 2005, 1997, 1991 by Random House, Inc. All rights reserved.hoodoo – A person who practices voodoo; the word also describes a person or thing whose presence is supposed to bring bad luck.See also related terms for presence.Farlex Trivia Dictionary. © 2012 Farlex, Inc. All rights reserved.hoodooPast participle: hoodooedGerund: hoodooingImperativePresentPreteritePresent ContinuousPresent PerfectPast ContinuousPast PerfectFutureFuture PerfectFuture ContinuousPresent Perfect ContinuousFuture Perfect ContinuousPast Perfect ContinuousConditionalPast ConditionalImperativehoodoohoodooPresentI hoodooyou hoodoohe/she/it hoodooswe hoodooyou hoodoothey hoodooPreteriteI hoodooedyou hoodooedhe/she/it hoodooedwe hoodooedyou hoodooedthey hoodooedPresent ContinuousI am hoodooingyou are hoodooinghe/she/it is hoodooingwe are hoodooingyou are hoodooingthey are hoodooingPresent PerfectI have hoodooedyou have hoodooedhe/she/it has hoodooedwe have hoodooedyou have hoodooedthey have hoodooedPast ContinuousI was hoodooingyou were hoodooinghe/she/it was hoodooingwe were hoodooingyou were hoodooingthey were hoodooingPast PerfectI had hoodooedyou had hoodooedhe/she/it had hoodooedwe had hoodooedyou had hoodooedthey had hoodooedFutureI will hoodooyou will hoodoohe/she/it will hoodoowe will hoodooyou will hoodoothey will hoodooFuture PerfectI will have hoodooedyou will have hoodooedhe/she/it will have hoodooedwe will have hoodooedyou will have hoodooedthey will have hoodooedFuture ContinuousI will be hoodooingyou will be hoodooinghe/she/it will be hoodooingwe will be hoodooingyou will be hoodooingthey will be hoodooingPresent Perfect ContinuousI have been hoodooingyou have been hoodooinghe/she/it has been hoodooingwe have been hoodooingyou have been hoodooingthey have been hoodooingFuture Perfect ContinuousI will have been hoodooingyou will have been hoodooinghe/she/it will have been hoodooingwe will have been hoodooingyou will have been hoodooingthey will have been hoodooingPast Perfect ContinuousI had been hoodooingyou had been hoodooinghe/she/it had been hoodooingwe had been hoodooingyou had been hoodooingthey had been hoodooingConditionalI would hoodooyou would hoodoohe/she/it would hoodoowe would hoodooyou would hoodoothey would hoodooPast ConditionalI would have hoodooedyou would have hoodooedhe/she/it would have hoodooedwe would have hoodooedyou would have hoodooedthey would have hoodooedCollins English Verb Tables © HarperCollins Publishers 2011