Found 2 items, similar to jinx.
English → English (WordNet) Definition: jinx 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”; “he put the whammy on me” [syn: hex, curse, whammy] 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!”
English → English (gcide) Definition: jinx jinx \jinx\ (j[i^][ng]ks), n. A person, object, influence, or supernatural being which is supposed to bring bad luck or to cause things to go wrong. [Slang] [Webster 1913 Suppl.] jinx \jinx\ (j[i^][ng]ks), v. t. To bring bad luck to; to cause to malfunction or go wrong; as, some superstitious people are reluctant to predict success for fear it will jinx them. [Slang] [PJC]