jinx
US: /ˈdʒɪŋks/
UK: /dʒˈɪŋks/
UK: /dʒˈɪŋks/
English Vietnamese dictionary
jinx /dʤiɳks/
- danh từ
- (từ Mỹ,nghĩa Mỹ), (từ lóng) người hâm tài, người đem lại điều rủi; vật xúi quẩy
Advanced English dictionary
+ noun
[sing.] ~ (on sb/sth) bad luck; sb/sth that is thought to bring bad luck in a mysterious way: I'm convinced there's a jinx on this car.
Thesaurus dictionary
n.
1 (evil) spell, curse, evil eye, malediction, voodoo, US and Canadian hex:
I felt I had lost at roulette because she had put a jinx on me.
2 nemesis, Jonah:
If we don't throw that jinx overboard we shall all die.
v.
3 curse, bewitch, damn, doom, sabotage, condemn, US and Canadian hex:
My career was jinxed from the start.
Collocation dictionary
VERB + JINX
shake off
The team seems to have shaken off the jinx that's been dogging them for months.
JINX + VERB
hit sb, strike sb
The injury jinx has struck Real Madrid.
| dog sb, haunt sb
PREP.
~ on
I'm sure there's a jinx on this car.
Concise English dictionary
jinxes|jinxed|jinxingdʒɪŋks
noun
+a person believed to bring bad luck to those around him
+an evil spell
verb
+cast a spell over someone or something; put a hex on someone or something
+foredoom to failure
