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jinx definition

☆ jinx (jiŋks)

noun

  1. a person or thing believed to bring bad luck
  2. a spell or period of bad luck

Etymology: earlier jynx < L iynx < Gr, the wryneck (bird used in black magic)

transitive verb

to bring bad luck to

Webster's New World College Dictionary Copyright © 2009 by Wiley Publishing, Inc., Cleveland, Ohio.
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