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jinx



Pronunciation: ( jingks), [key]
—n.
a person, thing, or influence supposed to bring bad luck.

—v.t.
1. to bring bad luck to; place a jinx on: The strike has jinxed my plans to go to Milwaukee for the weekend.
2. to destroy the point of: His sudden laugh jinxed the host's joke.

Random House Unabridged Dictionary, Copyright © 1997, by Random House, Inc., on Infoplease.

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