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Noun: jinx  jingks
  1. A person believed to bring bad luck to those around him
    - jonah
     
  2. An evil spell
    "a witch put a jinx on his whole family";
    - hex, curse, whammy, mozz [Austral, informal]
Verb: jinx  jingks
  1. Cast a spell over someone or something; put a hex on someone or something
    - hex, bewitch, glamour, witch, enchant
     
  2. Foredoom to failure
    "This project is jinxed!"

Sounds like: jewels, joujinx, j

Derived forms: jinxes, jinxing, jinxed

Type of: becharm [archaic], charm, foreordain, magic spell, magical spell, predestine, preordain, spell, unfortunate, unfortunate person

Encyclopedia: Jinx