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Jinx   Listen
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jinx  v. t.  To bring bad luck to; to cause to malfunction or go wrong; as, some superstitious people are reluctant to predict success for fear it will jinx them. (Slang)





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"Jinx" Quotes from Famous Books



... heavy on it," says I. "I never studied Hen. Gummidge's palm, or felt his bumps, but my guess is that he'll never shake the jinx. He ain't the kind that does. He's headed down the chute, Henry is, and Ma Gummidge is goin' to need all her reserve stock of cheerfulness before she ...
— Torchy As A Pa • Sewell Ford


Words linked to "Jinx" :   preordain, foreordain, unfortunate person, voodoo, predestine, high jinx, unfortunate, bewitch, witch, charm, whammy, jonah, enchant, becharm, magic spell, magical spell, glamour, spell, hex, curse


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