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Jinx   /dʒɪŋks/   Listen
Jinx

verb
1.
Cast a spell over someone or something; put a hex on someone or something.  Synonyms: bewitch, enchant, glamour, hex, witch.
2.
Foredoom to failure.
noun
1.
A person believed to bring bad luck to those around him.  Synonym: jonah.
2.
An evil spell.  Synonyms: curse, hex, whammy.  "He put the whammy on me"



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"Jinx" Quotes from Famous Books



... heavy on it," says I. "I never studied Hen. Gummidge's palm, or felt his bumps, but my guess is that he'll never shake the jinx. He ain't the kind that does. He's headed down the chute, Henry is, and Ma Gummidge is goin' to need all her reserve stock of cheerfulness before she ...
— Torchy As A Pa • Sewell Ford



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