jinx
jingks
- n a person believed to bring bad luck to those around him
- n an evil spell
- v cast a spell over someone or something; put a hex on someone or something
- v foredoom to failure
This project is jinxed!
- Cover Jinx Sirs: PTI cover jinx still seems to be working.
- During the game, his Yankees teammates abided by the superstition that no one was to talk to the pitcher throwing a no-hitter, lest they would jinx the history unfolding before them.
- Champion jinx in French shipping, which has had more than its share of bad luck and inept seamanship, has roosted on the red-and-black funnels of the 34,569-ton luxury liner Paris.