jinx
IPA: dʒˈɪŋks
noun
- A hex; an evil spell.
- A person or thing supposed to bring bad luck.
verb
- (transitive) To cast a spell on.
- (transitive) To bring bad luck to.
- (transitive) To cause something to happen by mentioning it, usually sarcastically.
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Examples of "jinx" in Sentences
- 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.
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