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voodoo doll

Word Rarity Rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 3.33 in modern English

Syllables
voodoo -doll
IPA
15
Scrabble Score
10
Letters
2
Syllables
4
Unique Chars

Meaning

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.

Etymology

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

Inflected Forms

voodoo dolls (plural)

Questions

What does voodoo doll mean?
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.
Where does voodoo doll come from?
From a mistaken belief that the use of such effigies features in the voodoo religion of either Haiti or Louisiana.

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