jinx

IPA: dʒˈɪŋks

(transitive) To cast a spell on.
(transitive) To bring bad luck to.
(transitive) To cause something to happen by mentioning it, usually sarcastically.

Examples of "jinx" in Sentences

I have never heard of this jinx.
I think I was afraid to jinx it.
The Beginning of the Decade Jinx.
This is known as a third party jinx.
Jinx is bald and attractively slender.
It says something like jinx in the book.
Jinx is not a member of the team at this time.
The professor explains that the book is jinxed.
He is seen later in the film, in the briefing between Bond and Jinx.
In some versions, the jinx can only be released by the person who called jinx.
Hey listen, this is just the second-term jinx that always happens once you're a president.
It became known as a jinx: if Bale was in the side, the stats suggested, Spurs wouldn't win.
"Don't forget that thing you call a jinx, which you say has been camping on our trail for so long."
KING: But if Republicans defy the traditional midterm jinx, the reasons extend beyond the President's aggressive campaigning.
Zedillo wanted at all costs to avoid the sixth-year, end-of-term jinx that has befallen every Mexican president since Luis Echeverria in 1976.
Defying the second-term jinx, he vastly simplified the federal tax code, discharging millions of low-income Americans from taxpaying obligations altogether.
The year 2009 also saw Arvind Bhat break the title jinx at the National championship after four abortive finals, when he beat P Kashyap in the summit clash in Indore.