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Definition of jinx noun from the Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary

jinx

noun
 
/dʒɪŋks/
 
/dʒɪŋks/
[singular]
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  1. 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.
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    Oxford Collocations Dictionaryverb + jinx
    • shake off
    jinx + verb
    • hit somebody
    • strike somebody
    preposition
    • jinx on
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    Word Originearly 20th cent. (originally US): probably a variant of jynx ‘wryneck’ (because the bird was used in witchcraft).
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