jinx

To jinx is defined as to bring someone bad luck.

(verb)

An example of jinx is to tell someone that they won’t do well at a competition.

The definition of a jinx is something that gives you bad luck.

(noun)

An example of a jinx is a charm that someone says is cursed.

See jinx in Webster's New World College Dictionary

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noun

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

transitive verb

to bring bad luck to

See jinx in American Heritage Dictionary 4

noun

A person or thing that is believed to bring bad luck.
A condition or period of bad luck that appears to have been caused by a specific person or thing.

transitive verb jinxed, jinx·ing, jinx·es

To bring bad luck to.

Origin:

Origin: Possibly from jynx, wryneck (from its use in witchcraft)

Origin: , from Latin iynx

Origin: , from Greek iunx

Origin: , perhaps from iuzein, to call, cry

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