hoodoo

/ˈhuːduː/noun
Middle School
1

A set of spiritual practices and traditions created and concealed from slave-owners by enslaved Africans in North America, based on traditional African beliefs.

2

A practitioner of voodoo.

3

Supernatural bad luck, or something or someone believed to bring bad luck.

4

A tall thin spire of rock that protrudes from the bottom of arid basins and badlands.