jinx
Pronunciation
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Pronunciation
- (British, America) IPA: /dʒɪŋks/
jinx (plural jinxes)
- A hex; an evil spell.
- Synonyms: curse, hoodoo, Indian sign, spell
- A person or thing supposed to bring bad luck.
- French: maléfice, sortilège
- German: Fluch, Verwünschung
- Italian: maleficio, sortilegio, iettatura, malocchio
- Portuguese: enguiço, macumba, maldição
- Russian: дурно́й глаз
- Spanish: maleficio, maldición, fucú (Dominican Republic), pava f (Venezuela), yeta f (Argentina)
- French: porte-malheur
- Italian: iettatore, iettatrice
- Portuguese: agourento
- Russian: колду́н
- Spanish: gafe person, ave de mal agüero, cenizo
jinx (jinxes, present participle jinxing; past and past participle jinxed)
- (transitive) To cast a spell on.
- (transitive) To bring bad luck to.
- (transitive) To cause something to happen by mentioning it, usually sarcastically.
- 2008, Susane Colasanti, When It Happens, Penguin (ISBN 9781440639371), chapter 46 ↗:
- “So you'll all be near New York!” Maggie says. “We don't know for sure yet.” Sara stresses. “Don't jinx it.”
- 2012, Sally Heinrich, Hungry Ghosts, Hachette UK (ISBN 9780734413581)
- I've no idea if she guessed what I was intending to do. I don't know why I was so reluctant to talk about it, even to her. Maybe I was afraid that verbalising my intentions would jinx it in some way.
- 2008, Susane Colasanti, When It Happens, Penguin (ISBN 9781440639371), chapter 46 ↗:
- French: porter malheur, porter la guigne, maudire
- German: verzaubern, mit einem Zauber belegen
- Italian: gettare il malocchio
- Russian: сгла́зить
- French: porter la poisse
- German: verhexen
- Italian: portare sfortuna, portare scalogna, portare iella, portare sfiga, gufare, iellare, iettare
- Portuguese: azarar
- Russian: сгла́зить
- Spanish: traer mala suerte, gafar, gafarse
- ngd Used after the same response is said by two people simultaneously.
- Synonyms: snap
- French: chips
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