hoodoo

Etymology
Apparently an alteration of.

Noun

 * 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.

Translations

 * Catalan: xemeneia de fades
 * Dutch: aardpiramide, aardpijler
 * French:
 * German: Erdpyramide, Erdpfeiler
 * Japanese: 土柱
 * Portuguese: chaminé de fada
 * Russian: худу
 * Spanish: chimenea de hadas

Verb

 * 1)  To jinx; to bring bad luck or misfortune to.