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voodoo doll

voodoo doll noun: a poppet; a doll made to resemble a person in order to cast spells on them or to galvanize some change in them by modifying the doll, often by inserting pins and needles or by binding it.

voodoo doll: a poppet; a doll made to resemble a person in order to cast spells on them or to galvanize some...
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Noun

voodoo doll (plural voodoo dolls)

  1. A poppet; a doll made to resemble a person in order to cast spells on them or to galvanize some change in them by modifying the doll, often by inserting pins and needles or by binding it.

Forms of voodoo doll

pluralvoodoo dolls

Origin of voodoo doll

From a mistaken belief that the use of such effigies features in the voodoo religion of either Haiti or Louisiana.

Questions about voodoo doll

What does voodoo doll mean?
Voodoo doll means a poppet; a doll made to resemble a person in order to cast spells on them or to galvanize some change in them by modifying the doll, often by inserting pins and needles or by binding it.
What part of speech is voodoo doll?
Voodoo doll is a noun.
What is the plural of voodoo doll?
The plural of voodoo doll is voodoo dolls.

Words near voodoo doll in the dictionary

  1. vonuist
  2. vonuists
  3. voodoo
  4. voodoo death
  5. voodoo deaths
  6. voodoo doll
  7. voodoo dolls
  8. voodoo economics
  9. voodoo mode
  10. voodoo programming
  11. voodooed

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