Definitions for jinx
dʒɪŋksjinx

Princeton's WordNetRate this definition:4.0 / 1 vote

1. jonah, jinxnoun

   a person believed to bring bad luck to those around him

2. hex, jinx, curse, whammyverb

   an evil spell

   "a witch put a curse on his whole family"; "he put the whammy on me"

3. hex, bewitch, glamour, witch, enchant, jinxverb

   cast a spell over someone or something; put a hex on someone or something

4. jinxverb

   foredoom to failure

   "This project is jinxed!"

WiktionaryRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. jinxnoun

   A hex; an evil spell.

2. jinxnoun

   A person or thing supposed to bring bad luck.

3. jinxverb

   To cast a spell on.

4. jinxverb

   To bring bad luck to.

5. jinxinterjection

   Used after the same response is said by two people simultaneously. Often, a game is played where the person who failed to say "jinx" first becomes "jinxed", whereby they cannot speak until someone says their name.

WikipediaRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. Jinx

   A jinx (also jynx), in popular superstition and folklore, is a curse or the attribute of attracting bad or negative luck. The word "jynx" meaning the bird wryneck and sometimes a charm or spell has been in use in English since the seventeenth century. The modern spelling and connotations developed late in the nineteenth century. In the 21st-century press, the suggestion a ship might be "jinxed" was made in connection with two cruise liners after misfortunes, MS Queen Victoria and the Emerald Princess. In the 20th century, the Australian aircraft carrier HMAS Melbourne was sometimes said to be jinxed, having twice struck a friendly ship, with considerable loss of life. The term "jinx" also arises when one does not want to say something positive about an incomplete or inconclusive situation out of fear of "jinxing it". The superstition goes that speaking positively about one's current situation will cause it to be "jinxed", and things will start to go wrong. Jinx is also the name given to a game between friends (especially children) when two people say the same word or phrase at the same time and they then call "jinx".

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1. Jinx

   Jinx refers to a superstitious belief that if a certain action, event, or statement is mentioned, it will bring bad luck or cause an undesirable outcome. It can also refer to a person or thing that is believed to bring bad luck or negative consequences.

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1. Jinx

   A jinx, in popular superstition and folklore, is: ⁕A type of curse placed on a person that makes them prey to many minor misfortunes and other forms of bad luck; ⁕A person afflicted with a similar curse, who, while not directly subject to a series of misfortunes, seems to attract them to anyone in his vicinity. ⁕An object or person that brings bad luck. ⁕A penalty that one person can invoke on another when the two of them say the same thing at the same time. The superstition can also be referenced when talking about a future event with too much confidence. A statement such as "We're sure to win the contest!" can be seen as a jinx because it tempts fate, thereby bringing bad luck. The event itself is referred to as "jinxed". A dramatic historical example of this type of jinxing is the RMS Titanic, which was said to be unsinkable, then sank on its maiden voyage. In a similar way, calling attention to good fortune – e.g. noting that a certain athlete is having a streak of particularly good fortune – is thought to "jinx" it. If the good fortune ends immediately afterward, the jinx is then blamed for the turn of events, often jokingly.

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Matched Categories

1. • Charm
   • Predestine

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How to pronounce jinx?

1. Alex

   US English

   David

   US English

   Mark

   US English

   Daniel

   British

   Libby

   British

   Mia

   British

   Karen

   Australian

   Hayley

   Australian

   Natasha

   Australian

   Veena

   Indian

   Priya

   Indian

   Neerja

   Indian

   Zira

   US English

   Oliver

   British

   Wendy

   British

   Fred

   US English

   Tessa

   South African

How to say jinx in sign language?

Numerology

1. Chaldean Numerology

   The numerical value of jinx in Chaldean Numerology is: 3

2. Pythagorean Numerology

   The numerical value of jinx in Pythagorean Numerology is: 3

Examples of jinx in a Sentence

1. Liam Neesonhas:

   Because when you’re doing a play and you’re with your family, other actors, technicians, you do silly things. You do silly things. And it becomes kind of superstitious, if you don’t do it every night, you think it’s going to jinx the show, i think Dustin Hoffman was — I ’m not saying I’ve done similar things like what Dustin Hoffman did, Liam Neesonhas know. Apparently Dustin Hoffman touched another girl’s breast and stuff. But it’s childhood stuff, what Dustin Hoffman was doing.

2. Robert Durst:

   I decided that instead of calling 911, I would send police a letter telling them that Susan was dead in her house, the Jinx.

3. Deputy District Attorney Habib Balian:

   The Jinx, they found evidence, and they turned it over, and they made it public.

4. Bill Bratton:

   Shh ... we don't want to jinx it, we're into our 12th day now, Charlie. Eleven is a record and let's keep it going.

5. Liam Neeson:

   The Dustin Hoffman thing, I’m on the fence about that, when you’re doing a play and you’re with your family – other actors, technicians – you do silly things and it becomes kind of superstitious if you don’t do it every night you think it’s going to jinx the show. I’m not saying I’ve done similar things to what [Hoffman] apparently did but it’s childhood stuff.

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References

1. ^ Princeton's WordNet
   http://wordnetweb.princeton.edu/perl/webwn?s=jinx
2. ^ Wiktionary
   https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/Jinx
3. ^ Wikipedia
   https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jinx
4. ^ ChatGPT
   https://chat.openai.com
5. ^ Wikidata
   https://www.wikidata.org/w/index.php?search=jinx
6. ^ Usage in printed sources
   https://books.google.com/ngrams/graph?content=jinx