Hypertext Webster Gateway: "jinx"
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
Jinx \Jinx\, n.
A person, object, influence, or supernatural being which is
supposed to bring bad luck or to cause things to go wrong.
[Slang]
From WordNet (r) 1.7 (wn)
jinx
n 1: a person believed to bring bad luck to those around him
[syn: {jonah}]
2: an evil spell; "a witch put a curse on his whole family"
[syn: {hex}, {curse}]
v 1: cast a spell over someone or something; put a hex on someone
or something [syn: {hex}, {bewitch}, {glamour}, {witch},
{enchant}]
2: foredoom to failure; "This project is jinxed!"
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