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Definitions: Voodoo |
VoodooNoun1. A charm superstitiously believed to embody magical powers. 2. A religious cult practiced chiefly in Caribbean countries (especially Haiti); involves witchcraft and animistic deities. Verb1. Bewitch by or as if by a voodoo. Source: WordNet 1.7.1 Copyright © 2001 by Princeton University. All rights reserved. |
Date "voodoo" was first used in popular English literature: sometime before 1916. (references) |
| The following table is compiled from various sources, across various languages. When English abbreviations or acronyms come from a non-English source, this is noted. | |||
| Entry | Source | Expression | Field |
VOODOO | English | Vegetable Oils for Offshore Drilling Operations | N/A |
Source: compiled by the editor, based on several corpora (additional references). | |||
(From Wikipedia, the free Encyclopedia)
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Nu soul is a reaction against slick pop-oriented soul from the late 1980s and early 1990s, and is most strongly influenced by 1970s and 80s legends like Marvin Gaye and Prince. On Voodoo, the song "Untitled (How Does It Feel)", written with Rafael Saadiq, is intended as a tribute to Prince, and evokes that artist's earlier work. "One Mo' 'Gin"'s intro shows similarities to Marvin Gaye's paranoid reflection on a homicidide "Shit, Damn, Motherfucker"; D'Angelo sings to a former lover instead, using the titular southern colloquialism (a conflation of one more time and again) to ask for another chance.
The DJ Premierproduced "Devil's Pie", a funk and hip hop diatribe on money worship ; it memorably appeared on the soundtrack to the film Belly, which starred several rappers.
?estlove, a drummer, was the album's "co-pilot" according to D'Angelo, and helped designed the sparse funky soul and hip hop beats on Voodoo.
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Source: adapted by the editor from Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia under a copyleft GNU Free Documentation License (GFDL) from the article "Voodoo (album)."
Synonyms: VoodooSynonyms: fetich (n), fetish (n), hoodoo (n), hoodooism (n), juju (n), vodoun (n), voodooism (n). (additional references) |
| Context | Synonyms within Context (source: adapted from Roget's Thesaurus). |
Sorcerer | Noun: sorcerer, magician; thaumaturgist, theurgist; conjuror, necromancer, seer, wizard, witch; hoodoo, voodoo; fairy; lamia, hag. |
Sorcery | Verb: practice sorcery;Noun: cast a nativity, conjure, exorcise, charm, enchant; bewitch, bedevil; hoodoo, voodoo; entrance, mesmerize, magnetize; fascinate; (influence); taboo; wave a wand; rub the ring, rub the lamp; cast a spell; call up spirits, call up spirits from the vasty deep; raise spirits from the dead. |
Noun: sorcery; occult art, occult sciences; magic, the black art, necromancy, theurgy, thaumaturgy; demonology, demonomy, demonship; diablerie, bedevilment; witchcraft, witchery; glamor; fetishism, fetichism, feticism; ghost dance, hoodoo; obi, obiism; voodoo, voodooism; Shamanism, vampirism; conjuration; bewitchery, exorcism, enchantment, mysticism, second sight, mesmerism, animal magnetism; od force, odylic force; electrobiology, clairvoyance; spiritualism, spirit rapping, table turning. | |
Adjective: magic, magical; mystic, weird, cabalistic, talismanic, phylacteric, incantatory; charmed; Verb: Circean, odylic, voodoo. | |
| Source: adapted from Roget's Thesaurus. | |
Crosswords: Voodoo |
| English words defined with "voodoo": hoodoo ♦ macumba ♦ snake god ♦ Vaudoux ♦ zombi, zombie. (references) |
| Specialty definitions using "voodoo": cargo cult programming ♦ SCSI voodoo ♦ voodoo programming ♦ wave a dead chicken. (references) |
| Non-English Usage: "Voodoo" is also a word in the following languages with English translations in parentheses. Czech (voodoo), Swedish (voodoo, voodooism), Turkish (hoodoo). |
| Domain | Usage | |
Screenplays | You might as well ask me to perform a voodoo dance. (The Simpsons; writing credit: Artur Brauner; Paul Hengge) The power of voodoo. (Labyrinth; writing credit: Dennis Lee; Jim Henson) Deja voodoo. (Scream 3; writing credit: Ehren Kruger) You can't create fate cause then its not fate, its voodoo. (Everybody Loves Raymond; writing credit: Joe Bolster) | |
Lyrics | Black cats and voodoo dolls ("Livin' La Vida Loca"; performing artist: Ricky Martin) Where you sleep with voodoo dolls (Building A Mystery; performing artist: Sarah McLachlan) | |
Movie/TV Titles | Voodoo Academy (2000) A Voodoo Spell (1967) The Voodoo Factor (1959) Voodoo Woman (1957) Drums o' Voodoo (1934) | |
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | ||
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| Thumbnail | Description & Credit | Thumbnail | Description & Credit |
 | Voodoo brew.Credit: Library of Congress. |  | Comic book illustration showing the Joker standing over a Batman voodoo doll; in the background, a sledgehammer has smashed through a TV showing the World Trade Center towers on fire in New York City during the September 11th terrorist attack] / Pascual.Credit: Library of Congress. |
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| Subject | Topic | Quote |
Children | Togo | In November traditional chiefs met and agreed to set up watchdog committees and conduct awareness campaigns against the abuse of children, especially trafficking, confinement in voodoo shrines, FGM, torture, forced marriages, and other forms of sexual harassment. (references) |
Civil Liberties | Haiti | While there are associations of voodoo practitioners and priests, there is no organized hierarchy. (references) |
Haiti | On April 30, the Ministry of Religion officially recognized the first voodoo church, the Eglise Vodou d'Ayiti. (references) | |
Economic History | Haiti | Much of the population also practices voudou (voodoo) traditions. (references) |
Haiti | Religions: Roman Catholic 80%, Protestant 16%, voudou (voodoo) practices pervasive. (references) | |
Haiti | The country's culture and history are unique: its paintings, monuments, artisan crafts, Creole cuisine and voodoo religion attract the adventurous tourist. (references) | |
Minorities | Togo | Many citizens believe that Nigerian Ibos kill young women, drain their blood, and steal their sex organs to perform voodoo to accumulate wealth, health, or protection. (references) |
Worker Rights | Netherlands | According to the Terre des Hommes organization, their families have signed contracts with trafficking organizations, often sanctioned by "voodoo" priests; the girls strongly believe in the magical power of voodoo. (references) |
Source: compiled by the editor from ICON Group International, Inc.; see credits. | ||
| "Voodoo" is generally used as a noun (singular) -- approximately 88.52% of the time. "Voodoo" is used about 61 times out of a sample of 100 million words spoken or written in English. Its rank is based on over 700,000 words used in the English language. Some parts-of-speech are not covered due to the samples used by the British National Corpus. (note: percents less than one-hundredth of one percent have been omitted) |
| Parts of Speech | Percent | Usage per 100 Million Words | Rank in English |
| Noun (singular) | 88.52% | 54 | 46,184 |
| Noun (proper) | 11.48% | 7 | 133,076 |
| Total | 100.00% | 61 | N/A |
Source: compiled by the editor from several corpora; see credits.
Expressions using "voodoo": scsi voodoo ♦ voodoo doctor ♦ voodoo economics ♦ voodoo priest ♦ voodoo programming. Additional references. | |
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Beginning with "voodoo": Voodoo-call, voodoo-men. | |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | |
| The following statistics estimate the number of searches per day across the major English-language search engines as identified by various trade publications. Hyperlinks lead to commercial use of the expression at Amazon.com. |
| Expression | Frequency per Day | Expression | Frequency per Day |
voodoo | 2,179 | voodoo video card | 45 |
voodoo doll | 437 | wall of voodoo | 44 |
voodoo football | 292 | curse of the voodoo | 43 |
voodoo 3 | 253 | file voodoo | 43 |
big bad voodoo daddy | 251 | voodoo 3 2000 | 42 |
voodoo 3 driver | 160 | voodoo religion | 40 |
voodoo spells | 146 | driver voodoo 2 | 39 |
voodoo computer | 134 | doll virtual voodoo | 39 |
voodoo glow skull | 133 | voodoo 2 | 38 |
voodoo driver | 126 | extreme voodoo | 38 |
voodoo lounge | 123 | voodoo 3 3000 | 37 |
voodoo 3dfx | 106 | doll online voodoo | 36 |
new orleans voodoo | 94 | 5 driver voodoo | 34 |
doll make voodoo | 86 | voodoo bowl | 34 |
instant voodoo | 67 | voodoo banshee | 33 |
3dfx voodoo 3 | 62 | voodoo 5 | 31 |
3dfx voodoo 3 driver | 59 | voodoo 3 2000 driver | 31 |
voodoo pc | 59 | voodoo lab | 30 |
3dfx voodoo driver | 58 | voodoo lily | 30 |
free spells voodoo | 48 | chat voodoo | 30 |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | |||
| Language | Translations for "voodoo"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Arabic | مشعوذ (charlatan, conjuror, juggler, quack, swindler), ودونية دين زنجي في هاييتي, تعويذة (abracadabra, amulet, charm, exorcism, incantation, mascot, phylactery, talisman), المشعوذ (charlatan, conjurer, magician, magus, mountebank, operator, prestidigitator, sorcerer, warlock), الساحر (charmer, conjurer, enchanter, magician, sorcerer, warlock, wizard), شعوذة (hankey-pankey, hanky panky, jugglery, juggling, magic, quackery, sorcery, witchery). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Bulgarian | шаман (medicine man, shaman, witch doctor), вяра в магии, омагьосвам (bedevil, bewitch, charm, enchant, glamor, glamour, hoodoo, spellbind, witch), магьосник (mage, magician, medicine man, necromancer, sorcerer, theurgist, wise man, wiz, wizard). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Czech | voodoo, èarovat (conjure, spell), èarodìj (wizard). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Farsi | جادوگری (Incantation, Sorcery, Witchcraft, Wizardry), افسونگر (Mermaid), افسون کردن (Bewitch, Enchant, Witch). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
French | vaudou, envoûter, ensorceler. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
German | Wodu, Hexerei (sorcery, witchcraft, witchery, wizardry). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Greek | δεισιδαίμων μαγεία των μαύρων των δυτικών ινδίων. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Hungarian | varázslattal megbabonáz (to voodoo), néger varázslás. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Indonesian | ilmu sihir (witchcraft). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Italian | vudù. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Pig Latin | oodoovay vodu, enfeitiçar (bewitch, enchant, enthral, enthrall, glamorise, glamourize, spell), embruxar. (various references) шаман (medicine man, medicineman, shaman, voodoo doctor, voodoo priest, witch doctor), колдовской (magic, magical, necromantic, witching, witchy), околдовать, знахарь (charlatan, doctor, medicaster, medicine man, medicineman, mountebank, powwow, quack, quacksalver, voodoo doctor, voodoo priest, witch doctor, witch-doctor). (various references) vudu, crna magija (black magic), baviti se vudu-magijom. (various references) vudú (hoodoo). (various references) voodoo (voodooism). (various references) zenci büyüsü (obe, obeah, obi), zenci büyücü (voodoo doctor), put (cult figure, fetish, God, graven image, idol, image, tin god), büyülemek (allure, bedazzle, beguile, bewitch, captivate, cast a spell on, catch up, charm, conjure, daze, dazzle, enamor, enamour, enchant, enthral, enthrall, entrance, fascinate, glamor, glamorize, glamour, hypnotize, inthral, spell, spellbind, witch), büyü yapmak (bewitch, glamorize, hex, hoodoo, jinx, practise sorcery, put a jinx on, witch), büyü (charm, enchantment, fascination, glamor, glamour, hex, hoodoo, incantation, magic, maya, medicine, romance, sorcery, sortilege, spell, the black art, witchcraft, witchery). (various references) чаклунство (conjury, enchantment, hoodoo, incantation, magic, medicine, necromancy, witchcraft, witchery), чаклун (charmer, conjurer, conjuror, enchanter, hoodoo, magician, magus, necromancer, weird), амулет (amulet, charm, periapt, saphie). (various references) thầy mo (medicine-man, powwow, witch-doctor), thầy ch i, sự tin t thuật người giỏi t thuật, sự dùng t thuật. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Derivations | |
Words beginning with "voodoo": voodooed, voodooing, voodooism, voodooisms, voodooist, voodooistic, voodooists, voodoos. (additional references) | |
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"Voodoo" is suggested in spellcheckers for the following: doodoo, dooooo, Foofoo, Momodou, Nooooo, oodu, oooo, ooooo, Ooooooh, Ooooooo, pomodoro, soooooo, tooooo, vocoder, vodo, vodoo, vodou, voduo, vood, voodo, voodooy, voodu, Voronov, vudoo, Vuono. (additional references) | |
| Source: compiled by the editor, based on several corpora (additional references). | |
Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams | |
| Words within the letters "d-o-o-o-o-v" | |
-4 letters: do, od. | |
| Words containing the letters "d-o-o-o-o-v" | |
+1 letter: voodoos. | |
+2 letters: voodooed. | |
+3 letters: voodooing, voodooism, voodooist. | |
+4 letters: voodooisms, voodooists. | |
+5 letters: voodooistic. | |
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Hexadecimal (or equivalents, 770AD-1900s) (references)56 6F 6F 64 6F 6F |
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| Braille (1829, in France) (references)
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Morse Code (1836) (references)...- --- --- -.. --- --- |
| Dancing Men (Sir Arthur Conan Doyle, 1903) (references)
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Binary Code (1918-1938, probably earlier) (references)01010110 01101111 01101111 01100100 01101111 01101111 |
HTML Code (1990) (references)V o o d o o |
ISO 10646 (1991-1993) (references)0056 006F 006F 0064 006F 006F |
| British Sign Language (Fingerspelling, BSL; 1992, British Deaf Association Dictionary of British Sign Language) (references)
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Encryption (beginner's substitution cypher): (references)568181708181 |
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