jinx
noun/dʒɪŋks/
/dʒɪŋks/
[singular]- jinx (on somebody/something) bad luck; somebody/something that is thought to bring bad luck in a mysterious way
- I'm convinced there's a jinx on this car.
- The injury jinx has struck Real Madrid.
- The team seems to have shaken off the jinx that’s been dogging them for months.
Oxford Collocations Dictionaryverb + jinx- shake off
- hit somebody
- strike somebody
- jinx on
Word Originearly 20th cent. (originally US): probably a variant of jynx ‘wryneck’ (because the bird was used in witchcraft).Want to learn more?
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