"jinx" meaning in English

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Interjection

IPA: /d͡ʒɪŋks/ [UK, US] Audio: en-ca-jinx.opus [Canada], en-au-jinx.ogg [Australia]
Rhymes: -ɪŋks Etymology: From jynx in the transferred sense “a charm or spell”. Etymology templates: {{m|en|jynx}} jynx, {{l|en|transferred sense}} transferred sense Head templates: {{head|en|interjection}} jinx
  1. Used after the same thing is said by two people simultaneously. Synonyms: snap Translations (Used after simultaneous speech): forhekset (Danish), kupla (Finnish), smurffi (Finnish), smurffilukko (Finnish), smurffattu (Finnish), chips [feminine, plural] (French), verhext (German), raz, dwa, trzy, moje szczęście (Polish), moje szczęście, twój pech (Polish), smurf (Swedish)
    Sense id: en-jinx-en-intj-AvHoJPO1

Noun

IPA: /d͡ʒɪŋks/ [UK, US] Audio: en-ca-jinx.opus [Canada], en-au-jinx.ogg [Australia] Forms: jinxes [plural]
Rhymes: -ɪŋks Etymology: From jynx in the transferred sense “a charm or spell”. Etymology templates: {{m|en|jynx}} jynx, {{l|en|transferred sense}} transferred sense Head templates: {{en-noun}} jinx (plural jinxes)
  1. A hex; an evil spell. Synonyms: curse, hoodoo, Indian sign, spell Translations (a hex; an evil spell): проклятие (prokljatie) [neuter] (Bulgarian), 厄運 (Chinese Mandarin), 厄运 (èyùn) (Chinese Mandarin), 詛咒 (Chinese Mandarin), 诅咒 (zǔzhòu) (Chinese Mandarin), prokletí [neuter] (Czech), forbandelse [common-gender] (Danish), kirous (Finnish), maléfice [masculine] (French), sortilège [masculine] (French), Fluch [masculine] (German), Verwünschung [feminine] (German), maleficio [masculine] (Italian), sortilegio [masculine] (Italian), iettatura [feminine] (Italian), malocchio [masculine] (Italian), 邪視 (jashi) (alt: じゃし) (Japanese), ジンクス (Japanese), ⁧جادو⁩ (jâdu) (Persian), enguiço [masculine] (Portuguese), macumba [feminine] (Portuguese), maldição [feminine] (Portuguese), дурно́й глаз (durnój glaz) [masculine] (Russian), сглаз (sglaz) [masculine] (Russian), по́рча (pórča) [feminine] (Russian), злые ча́ры (zlyje čáry) (Russian), kliatba [feminine] (Slovak), maleficio [masculine] (Spanish), maldición [feminine] (Spanish), fucú [Dominican-Republic] (Spanish), pava [Venezuela, feminine] (Spanish), yeta [Argentina, Uruguay, feminine] (Spanish), förbannelse [common-gender] (Swedish)
    Sense id: en-jinx-en-noun-uToj21RU Disambiguation of 'a hex; an evil spell': 98 2
  2. A person or thing supposed to bring bad luck. Translations (a person or thing supposed to bring bad luck): ⁧قُبُّسة⁩ (gʊbbʊsə) [Gulf-Arabic] (Arabic), карък (karǎk) [masculine] (Bulgarian), 白虎星 (báihǔxīng) (note: of a woman) (Chinese Mandarin), 掃帚星 (Chinese Mandarin), 扫帚星 (sàozhǒuxīng) (note: of a person) (Chinese Mandarin), 不祥之物 (bùxiángzhīwù) (Chinese Mandarin), ulykkesfugl [common-gender] (Danish), ongeluksbrenger [masculine] (Dutch), pahan onnen tuoja (Finnish), pahanilmanlintu (Finnish), porte-malheur (French), Pechvogel [masculine] (German), Unglücksbringer [masculine] (German), γρουσούζης (grousoúzis) (Greek), iettatore [masculine] (Italian), iettatrice [feminine] (Italian), малер (maler) [masculine] (Macedonian), баксуз (baksuz) (Macedonian), agourento [masculine] (Portuguese), piază rea [feminine] (Romanian), колду́н (koldún) (Russian), колду́нья (koldúnʹja) (Russian), ве́дьма (védʹma) (Russian), baksuz [masculine] (Serbo-Croatian), gafe [masculine, person] (Spanish), ave de mal agüero [feminine] (Spanish), cenizo (Spanish), kasaykasay (Tagalog)
    Sense id: en-jinx-en-noun-rafxcsVx Disambiguation of 'a person or thing supposed to bring bad luck': 2 98
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Derived forms: reverse jinx

Verb

IPA: /d͡ʒɪŋks/ [UK, US] Audio: en-ca-jinx.opus [Canada], en-au-jinx.ogg [Australia] Forms: jinxes [present, singular, third-person], jinxing [participle, present], jinxed [participle, past], jinxed [past]
Rhymes: -ɪŋks Etymology: From jynx in the transferred sense “a charm or spell”. Etymology templates: {{m|en|jynx}} jynx, {{l|en|transferred sense}} transferred sense Head templates: {{en-verb}} jinx (third-person singular simple present jinxes, present participle jinxing, simple past and past participle jinxed)
  1. (transitive) To cast a spell on. Tags: transitive Translations (To cast a spell on): 蛊祝 (gǔzhù) (Chinese Mandarin), 詛咒 (Chinese Mandarin), 诅咒 (zǔzhòu) (Chinese Mandarin), uhranout (Czech), forhekse (Danish), betoveren (Dutch), beheksen (Dutch), vervloeken (Dutch), kirota (Finnish), manata (Finnish), porter malheur (French), porter la guigne (French), maudire (French), verzaubern (German), mit einem Zauber belegen (German), gettare il malocchio (Italian), forhekse (Norwegian Bokmål), ⁧جادو کردن⁩ (jâdu kardan) (Persian), сгла́зить (sglázitʹ) (Russian), urieknuť (Slovak), porobiť (Slovak), uhranúť (Slovak), förhäxa (Swedish), förtrolla (Swedish)
    Sense id: en-jinx-en-verb-wzuASMKs Disambiguation of 'To cast a spell on': 100 0 0
  2. (transitive) To bring bad luck to. Tags: transitive Translations (To bring bad luck to): ⁧نَحَسَ⁩ (naḥasa) (Arabic), ⁧جَلَبَ اَلنَّحْس⁩ (jalaba n-naḥs) (Arabic), gözə gətirmək (Azerbaijani), суро́чыць (suróčycʹ) (Belarusian), forbande (Danish), beheksen (Dutch), kaŭzi malfeliĉon (Esperanto), olla pahanilmanlintu (Finnish), manata (Finnish), porter la poisse (French), traer mala sorte (Galician), gafar (Galician), gafarse (Galician), verhexen (German), portare sfortuna (Italian), portare scalogna (Italian), portare iella (Italian), portare sfiga (Italian), gufare (Italian), iellare (Italian), iettare (Italian), forbanne (Norwegian Bokmål), zapeszyć (Polish), azarar (Portuguese), cobi (Romanian), сгла́зить (sglázitʹ) (Russian), принести́ несча́стье (prinestí nesčástʹje) (Russian), prinášať smolu (Slovak), traer mala suerte (Spanish), gafar (Spanish), gafarse (Spanish), ge otur (Swedish), förbanna (Swedish), навро́чити (navróčyty) (Ukrainian), ⁧منحوس⁩ c du (Urdu)
    Sense id: en-jinx-en-verb-vjt~cbJI Disambiguation of 'To bring bad luck to': 0 98 2
  3. (transitive) To cause something to happen by mentioning it, usually sarcastically. Tags: transitive
    Sense id: en-jinx-en-verb-PKLnkIdp
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Derived forms: jinxer

Inflected forms

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        "A hex; an evil spell."
      ],
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        ],
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        ],
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        ]
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          "word": "curse"
        },
        {
          "word": "hoodoo"
        },
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          "word": "Indian sign"
        },
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          "word": "spell"
        }
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          "_dis1": "98 2",
          "code": "bg",
          "lang": "Bulgarian",
          "roman": "prokljatie",
          "sense": "a hex; an evil spell",
          "tags": [
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          ],
          "word": "проклятие"
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          "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
          "sense": "a hex; an evil spell",
          "word": "厄運"
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          "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
          "roman": "èyùn",
          "sense": "a hex; an evil spell",
          "word": "厄运"
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          "_dis1": "98 2",
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          "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
          "sense": "a hex; an evil spell",
          "word": "詛咒"
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          "word": "诅咒"
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          "code": "cs",
          "lang": "Czech",
          "sense": "a hex; an evil spell",
          "tags": [
            "neuter"
          ],
          "word": "prokletí"
        },
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          "_dis1": "98 2",
          "code": "da",
          "lang": "Danish",
          "sense": "a hex; an evil spell",
          "tags": [
            "common-gender"
          ],
          "word": "forbandelse"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "98 2",
          "code": "fi",
          "lang": "Finnish",
          "sense": "a hex; an evil spell",
          "word": "kirous"
        },
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          "_dis1": "98 2",
          "code": "fr",
          "lang": "French",
          "sense": "a hex; an evil spell",
          "tags": [
            "masculine"
          ],
          "word": "maléfice"
        },
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          "_dis1": "98 2",
          "code": "fr",
          "lang": "French",
          "sense": "a hex; an evil spell",
          "tags": [
            "masculine"
          ],
          "word": "sortilège"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "98 2",
          "code": "de",
          "lang": "German",
          "sense": "a hex; an evil spell",
          "tags": [
            "masculine"
          ],
          "word": "Fluch"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "98 2",
          "code": "de",
          "lang": "German",
          "sense": "a hex; an evil spell",
          "tags": [
            "feminine"
          ],
          "word": "Verwünschung"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "98 2",
          "code": "it",
          "lang": "Italian",
          "sense": "a hex; an evil spell",
          "tags": [
            "masculine"
          ],
          "word": "maleficio"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "98 2",
          "code": "it",
          "lang": "Italian",
          "sense": "a hex; an evil spell",
          "tags": [
            "masculine"
          ],
          "word": "sortilegio"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "98 2",
          "code": "it",
          "lang": "Italian",
          "sense": "a hex; an evil spell",
          "tags": [
            "feminine"
          ],
          "word": "iettatura"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "98 2",
          "code": "it",
          "lang": "Italian",
          "sense": "a hex; an evil spell",
          "tags": [
            "masculine"
          ],
          "word": "malocchio"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "98 2",
          "alt": "じゃし",
          "code": "ja",
          "lang": "Japanese",
          "roman": "jashi",
          "sense": "a hex; an evil spell",
          "word": "邪視"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "98 2",
          "code": "ja",
          "lang": "Japanese",
          "sense": "a hex; an evil spell",
          "word": "ジンクス"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "98 2",
          "code": "fa",
          "lang": "Persian",
          "roman": "jâdu",
          "sense": "a hex; an evil spell",
          "word": "⁧جادو⁩"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "98 2",
          "code": "pt",
          "lang": "Portuguese",
          "sense": "a hex; an evil spell",
          "tags": [
            "masculine"
          ],
          "word": "enguiço"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "98 2",
          "code": "pt",
          "lang": "Portuguese",
          "sense": "a hex; an evil spell",
          "tags": [
            "feminine"
          ],
          "word": "macumba"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "98 2",
          "code": "pt",
          "lang": "Portuguese",
          "sense": "a hex; an evil spell",
          "tags": [
            "feminine"
          ],
          "word": "maldição"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "98 2",
          "code": "ru",
          "lang": "Russian",
          "roman": "durnój glaz",
          "sense": "a hex; an evil spell",
          "tags": [
            "masculine"
          ],
          "word": "дурно́й глаз"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "98 2",
          "code": "ru",
          "lang": "Russian",
          "roman": "sglaz",
          "sense": "a hex; an evil spell",
          "tags": [
            "masculine"
          ],
          "word": "сглаз"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "98 2",
          "code": "ru",
          "lang": "Russian",
          "roman": "pórča",
          "sense": "a hex; an evil spell",
          "tags": [
            "feminine"
          ],
          "word": "по́рча"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "98 2",
          "code": "ru",
          "lang": "Russian",
          "roman": "zlyje čáry",
          "sense": "a hex; an evil spell",
          "word": "злые ча́ры"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "98 2",
          "code": "sk",
          "lang": "Slovak",
          "sense": "a hex; an evil spell",
          "tags": [
            "feminine"
          ],
          "word": "kliatba"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "98 2",
          "code": "es",
          "lang": "Spanish",
          "sense": "a hex; an evil spell",
          "tags": [
            "masculine"
          ],
          "word": "maleficio"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "98 2",
          "code": "es",
          "lang": "Spanish",
          "sense": "a hex; an evil spell",
          "tags": [
            "feminine"
          ],
          "word": "maldición"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "98 2",
          "code": "es",
          "lang": "Spanish",
          "sense": "a hex; an evil spell",
          "tags": [
            "Dominican-Republic"
          ],
          "word": "fucú"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "98 2",
          "code": "es",
          "lang": "Spanish",
          "sense": "a hex; an evil spell",
          "tags": [
            "Venezuela",
            "feminine"
          ],
          "word": "pava"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "98 2",
          "code": "es",
          "lang": "Spanish",
          "sense": "a hex; an evil spell",
          "tags": [
            "Argentina",
            "Uruguay",
            "feminine"
          ],
          "word": "yeta"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "98 2",
          "code": "sv",
          "lang": "Swedish",
          "sense": "a hex; an evil spell",
          "tags": [
            "common-gender"
          ],
          "word": "förbannelse"
        }
      ]
    },
    {
      "glosses": [
        "A person or thing supposed to bring bad luck."
      ],
      "id": "en-jinx-en-noun-rafxcsVx",
      "links": [
        [
          "bad luck",
          "bad luck"
        ]
      ],
      "translations": [
        {
          "_dis1": "2 98",
          "code": "afb",
          "lang": "Arabic",
          "roman": "gʊbbʊsə",
          "sense": "a person or thing supposed to bring bad luck",
          "tags": [
            "Gulf-Arabic"
          ],
          "word": "⁧قُبُّسة⁩"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "2 98",
          "code": "bg",
          "lang": "Bulgarian",
          "roman": "karǎk",
          "sense": "a person or thing supposed to bring bad luck",
          "tags": [
            "masculine"
          ],
          "word": "карък"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "2 98",
          "code": "cmn",
          "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
          "note": "of a woman",
          "roman": "báihǔxīng",
          "sense": "a person or thing supposed to bring bad luck",
          "word": "白虎星"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "2 98",
          "code": "cmn",
          "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
          "sense": "a person or thing supposed to bring bad luck",
          "word": "掃帚星"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "2 98",
          "code": "cmn",
          "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
          "note": "of a person",
          "roman": "sàozhǒuxīng",
          "sense": "a person or thing supposed to bring bad luck",
          "word": "扫帚星"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "2 98",
          "code": "cmn",
          "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
          "roman": "bùxiángzhīwù",
          "sense": "a person or thing supposed to bring bad luck",
          "word": "不祥之物"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "2 98",
          "code": "da",
          "lang": "Danish",
          "sense": "a person or thing supposed to bring bad luck",
          "tags": [
            "common-gender"
          ],
          "word": "ulykkesfugl"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "2 98",
          "code": "nl",
          "lang": "Dutch",
          "sense": "a person or thing supposed to bring bad luck",
          "tags": [
            "masculine"
          ],
          "word": "ongeluksbrenger"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "2 98",
          "code": "fi",
          "lang": "Finnish",
          "sense": "a person or thing supposed to bring bad luck",
          "word": "pahan onnen tuoja"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "2 98",
          "code": "fi",
          "lang": "Finnish",
          "sense": "a person or thing supposed to bring bad luck",
          "word": "pahanilmanlintu"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "2 98",
          "code": "fr",
          "lang": "French",
          "sense": "a person or thing supposed to bring bad luck",
          "word": "porte-malheur"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "2 98",
          "code": "de",
          "lang": "German",
          "sense": "a person or thing supposed to bring bad luck",
          "tags": [
            "masculine"
          ],
          "word": "Pechvogel"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "2 98",
          "code": "de",
          "lang": "German",
          "sense": "a person or thing supposed to bring bad luck",
          "tags": [
            "masculine"
          ],
          "word": "Unglücksbringer"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "2 98",
          "code": "el",
          "lang": "Greek",
          "roman": "grousoúzis",
          "sense": "a person or thing supposed to bring bad luck",
          "word": "γρουσούζης"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "2 98",
          "code": "it",
          "lang": "Italian",
          "sense": "a person or thing supposed to bring bad luck",
          "tags": [
            "masculine"
          ],
          "word": "iettatore"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "2 98",
          "code": "it",
          "lang": "Italian",
          "sense": "a person or thing supposed to bring bad luck",
          "tags": [
            "feminine"
          ],
          "word": "iettatrice"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "2 98",
          "code": "mk",
          "lang": "Macedonian",
          "roman": "maler",
          "sense": "a person or thing supposed to bring bad luck",
          "tags": [
            "masculine"
          ],
          "word": "малер"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "2 98",
          "code": "mk",
          "lang": "Macedonian",
          "roman": "baksuz",
          "sense": "a person or thing supposed to bring bad luck",
          "word": "баксуз"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "2 98",
          "code": "pt",
          "lang": "Portuguese",
          "sense": "a person or thing supposed to bring bad luck",
          "tags": [
            "masculine"
          ],
          "word": "agourento"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "2 98",
          "code": "ro",
          "lang": "Romanian",
          "sense": "a person or thing supposed to bring bad luck",
          "tags": [
            "feminine"
          ],
          "word": "piază rea"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "2 98",
          "code": "ru",
          "lang": "Russian",
          "roman": "koldún",
          "sense": "a person or thing supposed to bring bad luck",
          "word": "колду́н"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "2 98",
          "code": "ru",
          "lang": "Russian",
          "roman": "koldúnʹja",
          "sense": "a person or thing supposed to bring bad luck",
          "word": "колду́нья"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "2 98",
          "code": "ru",
          "lang": "Russian",
          "roman": "védʹma",
          "sense": "a person or thing supposed to bring bad luck",
          "word": "ве́дьма"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "2 98",
          "code": "sh",
          "lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
          "sense": "a person or thing supposed to bring bad luck",
          "tags": [
            "masculine"
          ],
          "word": "baksuz"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "2 98",
          "code": "es",
          "lang": "Spanish",
          "sense": "a person or thing supposed to bring bad luck",
          "tags": [
            "masculine",
            "person"
          ],
          "word": "gafe"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "2 98",
          "code": "es",
          "lang": "Spanish",
          "sense": "a person or thing supposed to bring bad luck",
          "tags": [
            "feminine"
          ],
          "word": "ave de mal agüero"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "2 98",
          "code": "es",
          "lang": "Spanish",
          "sense": "a person or thing supposed to bring bad luck",
          "word": "cenizo"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "2 98",
          "code": "tl",
          "lang": "Tagalog",
          "sense": "a person or thing supposed to bring bad luck",
          "word": "kasaykasay"
        }
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "/d͡ʒɪŋks/",
      "tags": [
        "UK",
        "US"
      ]
    },
    {
      "homophone": "jynx"
    },
    {
      "rhymes": "-ɪŋks"
    },
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      "tags": [
        "Canada"
      ],
      "text": "Audio (CA)"
    },
    {
      "audio": "en-au-jinx.ogg",
      "mp3_url": "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/transcoded/3/36/En-au-jinx.ogg/En-au-jinx.ogg.mp3",
      "ogg_url": "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/3/36/En-au-jinx.ogg",
      "tags": [
        "Australia"
      ],
      "text": "Audio (AU)"
    }
  ],
  "word": "jinx"
}

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  "derived": [
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0",
      "word": "jinxer"
    }
  ],
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      "args": {
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        "2": "jynx"
      },
      "expansion": "jynx",
      "name": "m"
    },
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      "args": {
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      },
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      "name": "l"
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    {
      "form": "jinxes",
      "tags": [
        "present",
        "singular",
        "third-person"
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    {
      "form": "jinxing",
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    {
      "form": "jinxed",
      "tags": [
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      ]
    },
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      "form": "jinxed",
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        "past"
      ]
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    }
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  "lang_code": "en",
  "pos": "verb",
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      "glosses": [
        "To cast a spell on."
      ],
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          "cast",
          "cast"
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          "spell",
          "spell"
        ]
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      "raw_glosses": [
        "(transitive) To cast a spell on."
      ],
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        "transitive"
      ],
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        {
          "_dis1": "100 0 0",
          "code": "cmn",
          "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
          "roman": "gǔzhù",
          "sense": "To cast a spell on",
          "word": "蛊祝"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "100 0 0",
          "code": "cmn",
          "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
          "sense": "To cast a spell on",
          "word": "詛咒"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "100 0 0",
          "code": "cmn",
          "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
          "roman": "zǔzhòu",
          "sense": "To cast a spell on",
          "word": "诅咒"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "100 0 0",
          "code": "cs",
          "lang": "Czech",
          "sense": "To cast a spell on",
          "word": "uhranout"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "100 0 0",
          "code": "da",
          "lang": "Danish",
          "sense": "To cast a spell on",
          "word": "forhekse"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "100 0 0",
          "code": "nl",
          "lang": "Dutch",
          "sense": "To cast a spell on",
          "word": "betoveren"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "100 0 0",
          "code": "nl",
          "lang": "Dutch",
          "sense": "To cast a spell on",
          "word": "beheksen"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "100 0 0",
          "code": "nl",
          "lang": "Dutch",
          "sense": "To cast a spell on",
          "word": "vervloeken"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "100 0 0",
          "code": "fi",
          "lang": "Finnish",
          "sense": "To cast a spell on",
          "word": "kirota"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "100 0 0",
          "code": "fi",
          "lang": "Finnish",
          "sense": "To cast a spell on",
          "word": "manata"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "100 0 0",
          "code": "fr",
          "lang": "French",
          "sense": "To cast a spell on",
          "word": "porter malheur"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "100 0 0",
          "code": "fr",
          "lang": "French",
          "sense": "To cast a spell on",
          "word": "porter la guigne"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "100 0 0",
          "code": "fr",
          "lang": "French",
          "sense": "To cast a spell on",
          "word": "maudire"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "100 0 0",
          "code": "de",
          "lang": "German",
          "sense": "To cast a spell on",
          "word": "verzaubern"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "100 0 0",
          "code": "de",
          "lang": "German",
          "sense": "To cast a spell on",
          "word": "mit einem Zauber belegen"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "100 0 0",
          "code": "it",
          "lang": "Italian",
          "sense": "To cast a spell on",
          "word": "gettare il malocchio"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "100 0 0",
          "code": "nb",
          "lang": "Norwegian Bokmål",
          "sense": "To cast a spell on",
          "word": "forhekse"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "100 0 0",
          "code": "fa",
          "lang": "Persian",
          "roman": "jâdu kardan",
          "sense": "To cast a spell on",
          "word": "⁧جادو کردن⁩"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "100 0 0",
          "code": "ru",
          "lang": "Russian",
          "roman": "sglázitʹ",
          "sense": "To cast a spell on",
          "word": "сгла́зить"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "100 0 0",
          "code": "sk",
          "lang": "Slovak",
          "sense": "To cast a spell on",
          "word": "urieknuť"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "100 0 0",
          "code": "sk",
          "lang": "Slovak",
          "sense": "To cast a spell on",
          "word": "porobiť"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "100 0 0",
          "code": "sk",
          "lang": "Slovak",
          "sense": "To cast a spell on",
          "word": "uhranúť"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "100 0 0",
          "code": "sv",
          "lang": "Swedish",
          "sense": "To cast a spell on",
          "word": "förhäxa"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "100 0 0",
          "code": "sv",
          "lang": "Swedish",
          "sense": "To cast a spell on",
          "word": "förtrolla"
        }
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [],
      "glosses": [
        "To bring bad luck to."
      ],
      "id": "en-jinx-en-verb-vjt~cbJI",
      "links": [
        [
          "bad",
          "bad"
        ],
        [
          "luck",
          "luck"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(transitive) To bring bad luck to."
      ],
      "tags": [
        "transitive"
      ],
      "translations": [
        {
          "_dis1": "0 98 2",
          "code": "ar",
          "lang": "Arabic",
          "roman": "naḥasa",
          "sense": "To bring bad luck to",
          "word": "⁧نَحَسَ⁩"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "0 98 2",
          "code": "ar",
          "lang": "Arabic",
          "roman": "jalaba n-naḥs",
          "sense": "To bring bad luck to",
          "word": "⁧جَلَبَ اَلنَّحْس⁩"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "0 98 2",
          "code": "az",
          "lang": "Azerbaijani",
          "sense": "To bring bad luck to",
          "word": "gözə gətirmək"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "0 98 2",
          "code": "be",
          "lang": "Belarusian",
          "roman": "suróčycʹ",
          "sense": "To bring bad luck to",
          "word": "суро́чыць"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "0 98 2",
          "code": "da",
          "lang": "Danish",
          "sense": "To bring bad luck to",
          "word": "forbande"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "0 98 2",
          "code": "nl",
          "lang": "Dutch",
          "sense": "To bring bad luck to",
          "word": "beheksen"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "0 98 2",
          "code": "eo",
          "lang": "Esperanto",
          "sense": "To bring bad luck to",
          "word": "kaŭzi malfeliĉon"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "0 98 2",
          "code": "fi",
          "lang": "Finnish",
          "sense": "To bring bad luck to",
          "word": "olla pahanilmanlintu"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "0 98 2",
          "code": "fi",
          "lang": "Finnish",
          "sense": "To bring bad luck to",
          "word": "manata"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "0 98 2",
          "code": "fr",
          "lang": "French",
          "sense": "To bring bad luck to",
          "word": "porter la poisse"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "0 98 2",
          "code": "gl",
          "lang": "Galician",
          "sense": "To bring bad luck to",
          "word": "traer mala sorte"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "0 98 2",
          "code": "gl",
          "lang": "Galician",
          "sense": "To bring bad luck to",
          "word": "gafar"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "0 98 2",
          "code": "gl",
          "lang": "Galician",
          "sense": "To bring bad luck to",
          "word": "gafarse"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "0 98 2",
          "code": "de",
          "lang": "German",
          "sense": "To bring bad luck to",
          "word": "verhexen"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "0 98 2",
          "code": "it",
          "lang": "Italian",
          "sense": "To bring bad luck to",
          "word": "portare sfortuna"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "0 98 2",
          "code": "it",
          "lang": "Italian",
          "sense": "To bring bad luck to",
          "word": "portare scalogna"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "0 98 2",
          "code": "it",
          "lang": "Italian",
          "sense": "To bring bad luck to",
          "word": "portare iella"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "0 98 2",
          "code": "it",
          "lang": "Italian",
          "sense": "To bring bad luck to",
          "word": "portare sfiga"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "0 98 2",
          "code": "it",
          "lang": "Italian",
          "sense": "To bring bad luck to",
          "word": "gufare"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "0 98 2",
          "code": "it",
          "lang": "Italian",
          "sense": "To bring bad luck to",
          "word": "iellare"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "0 98 2",
          "code": "it",
          "lang": "Italian",
          "sense": "To bring bad luck to",
          "word": "iettare"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "0 98 2",
          "code": "nb",
          "lang": "Norwegian Bokmål",
          "sense": "To bring bad luck to",
          "word": "forbanne"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "0 98 2",
          "code": "pl",
          "lang": "Polish",
          "sense": "To bring bad luck to",
          "word": "zapeszyć"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "0 98 2",
          "code": "pt",
          "lang": "Portuguese",
          "sense": "To bring bad luck to",
          "word": "azarar"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "0 98 2",
          "code": "ro",
          "lang": "Romanian",
          "sense": "To bring bad luck to",
          "word": "cobi"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "0 98 2",
          "code": "ru",
          "lang": "Russian",
          "roman": "sglázitʹ",
          "sense": "To bring bad luck to",
          "word": "сгла́зить"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "0 98 2",
          "code": "ru",
          "lang": "Russian",
          "roman": "prinestí nesčástʹje",
          "sense": "To bring bad luck to",
          "word": "принести́ несча́стье"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "0 98 2",
          "code": "sk",
          "lang": "Slovak",
          "sense": "To bring bad luck to",
          "word": "prinášať smolu"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "0 98 2",
          "code": "es",
          "lang": "Spanish",
          "sense": "To bring bad luck to",
          "word": "traer mala suerte"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "0 98 2",
          "code": "es",
          "lang": "Spanish",
          "sense": "To bring bad luck to",
          "word": "gafar"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "0 98 2",
          "code": "es",
          "lang": "Spanish",
          "sense": "To bring bad luck to",
          "word": "gafarse"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "0 98 2",
          "code": "sv",
          "lang": "Swedish",
          "sense": "To bring bad luck to",
          "word": "ge otur"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "0 98 2",
          "code": "sv",
          "lang": "Swedish",
          "sense": "To bring bad luck to",
          "word": "förbanna"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "0 98 2",
          "code": "uk",
          "lang": "Ukrainian",
          "roman": "navróčyty",
          "sense": "To bring bad luck to",
          "word": "навро́чити"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "0 98 2",
          "code": "ur",
          "lang": "Urdu",
          "sense": "To bring bad luck to",
          "word": "⁧منحوس⁩ c du"
        }
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [],
      "examples": [
        {
          "ref": "2008, Susane Colasanti, chapter 46, in When It Happens, Penguin",
          "text": "“So you'll all be near New York!” Maggie says. “We don't know for sure yet.” Sara stresses. “Don't jinx it.”",
          "type": "quotation"
        },
        {
          "ref": "2012, Sally Heinrich, Hungry Ghosts, Hachette UK",
          "text": "I've no idea if she guessed what I was intending to do. I don't know why I was so reluctant to talk about it, even to her. Maybe I was afraid that verbalising my intentions would jinx it in some way.",
          "type": "quotation"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "To cause something to happen by mentioning it, usually sarcastically."
      ],
      "id": "en-jinx-en-verb-PKLnkIdp",
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(transitive) To cause something to happen by mentioning it, usually sarcastically."
      ],
      "tags": [
        "transitive"
      ]
    }
  ],
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    {
      "ipa": "/d͡ʒɪŋks/",
      "tags": [
        "UK",
        "US"
      ]
    },
    {
      "homophone": "jynx"
    },
    {
      "rhymes": "-ɪŋks"
    },
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      "audio": "en-ca-jinx.opus",
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      "tags": [
        "Canada"
      ],
      "text": "Audio (CA)"
    },
    {
      "audio": "en-au-jinx.ogg",
      "mp3_url": "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/transcoded/3/36/En-au-jinx.ogg/En-au-jinx.ogg.mp3",
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      "tags": [
        "Australia"
      ],
      "text": "Audio (AU)"
    }
  ],
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}

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      },
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      "name": "m"
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      "args": {
        "1": "en",
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      "name": "l"
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  "lang_code": "en",
  "pos": "intj",
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        {
          "ref": "1991, Robert Cohen, “Flaming Moe's”, in The Simpsons, season 3, episode 10 (television production)",
          "text": "Bart: I'm telling Mom and Dad! / Lisa: You're telling who? / Bart: Mom and Dad! / Girls: MOM AND DAD? JINX! / Janey Powell: Now you can't talk, 'til somebody says your name!",
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        }
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        "Used after the same thing is said by two people simultaneously."
      ],
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        {
          "word": "snap"
        }
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        {
          "code": "da",
          "lang": "Danish",
          "sense": "Used after simultaneous speech",
          "word": "forhekset"
        },
        {
          "code": "fi",
          "lang": "Finnish",
          "sense": "Used after simultaneous speech",
          "word": "kupla"
        },
        {
          "code": "fi",
          "lang": "Finnish",
          "sense": "Used after simultaneous speech",
          "word": "smurffi"
        },
        {
          "code": "fi",
          "lang": "Finnish",
          "sense": "Used after simultaneous speech",
          "word": "smurffilukko"
        },
        {
          "code": "fi",
          "lang": "Finnish",
          "sense": "Used after simultaneous speech",
          "word": "smurffattu"
        },
        {
          "code": "fr",
          "lang": "French",
          "sense": "Used after simultaneous speech",
          "tags": [
            "feminine",
            "plural"
          ],
          "word": "chips"
        },
        {
          "code": "de",
          "lang": "German",
          "sense": "Used after simultaneous speech",
          "word": "verhext"
        },
        {
          "code": "pl",
          "lang": "Polish",
          "sense": "Used after simultaneous speech",
          "word": "raz, dwa, trzy, moje szczęście"
        },
        {
          "code": "pl",
          "lang": "Polish",
          "sense": "Used after simultaneous speech",
          "word": "moje szczęście, twój pech"
        },
        {
          "code": "sv",
          "lang": "Swedish",
          "sense": "Used after simultaneous speech",
          "word": "smurf"
        }
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "/d͡ʒɪŋks/",
      "tags": [
        "UK",
        "US"
      ]
    },
    {
      "homophone": "jynx"
    },
    {
      "rhymes": "-ɪŋks"
    },
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      "tags": [
        "Canada"
      ],
      "text": "Audio (CA)"
    },
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      "ogg_url": "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/3/36/En-au-jinx.ogg",
      "tags": [
        "Australia"
      ],
      "text": "Audio (AU)"
    }
  ],
  "word": "jinx"
}
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  "derived": [
    {
      "word": "reverse jinx"
    }
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        "1": "en",
        "2": "jynx"
      },
      "expansion": "jynx",
      "name": "m"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "en",
        "2": "transferred sense"
      },
      "expansion": "transferred sense",
      "name": "l"
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  "etymology_text": "From jynx in the transferred sense “a charm or spell”.",
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "jinxes",
      "tags": [
        "plural"
      ]
    }
  ],
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    {
      "args": {},
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    }
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  "lang_code": "en",
  "pos": "noun",
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    {
      "glosses": [
        "A hex; an evil spell."
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "hex",
          "hex"
        ],
        [
          "evil",
          "evil"
        ],
        [
          "spell",
          "spell"
        ]
      ],
      "synonyms": [
        {
          "word": "curse"
        },
        {
          "word": "hoodoo"
        },
        {
          "word": "Indian sign"
        },
        {
          "word": "spell"
        }
      ]
    },
    {
      "glosses": [
        "A person or thing supposed to bring bad luck."
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "bad luck",
          "bad luck"
        ]
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "/d͡ʒɪŋks/",
      "tags": [
        "UK",
        "US"
      ]
    },
    {
      "homophone": "jynx"
    },
    {
      "rhymes": "-ɪŋks"
    },
    {
      "audio": "en-ca-jinx.opus",
      "mp3_url": "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/transcoded/7/71/En-ca-jinx.opus/En-ca-jinx.opus.mp3",
      "ogg_url": "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/transcoded/7/71/En-ca-jinx.opus/En-ca-jinx.opus.ogg",
      "tags": [
        "Canada"
      ],
      "text": "Audio (CA)"
    },
    {
      "audio": "en-au-jinx.ogg",
      "mp3_url": "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/transcoded/3/36/En-au-jinx.ogg/En-au-jinx.ogg.mp3",
      "ogg_url": "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/3/36/En-au-jinx.ogg",
      "tags": [
        "Australia"
      ],
      "text": "Audio (AU)"
    }
  ],
  "translations": [
    {
      "code": "bg",
      "lang": "Bulgarian",
      "roman": "prokljatie",
      "sense": "a hex; an evil spell",
      "tags": [
        "neuter"
      ],
      "word": "проклятие"
    },
    {
      "code": "cmn",
      "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
      "sense": "a hex; an evil spell",
      "word": "厄運"
    },
    {
      "code": "cmn",
      "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
      "roman": "èyùn",
      "sense": "a hex; an evil spell",
      "word": "厄运"
    },
    {
      "code": "cmn",
      "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
      "sense": "a hex; an evil spell",
      "word": "詛咒"
    },
    {
      "code": "cmn",
      "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
      "roman": "zǔzhòu",
      "sense": "a hex; an evil spell",
      "word": "诅咒"
    },
    {
      "code": "cs",
      "lang": "Czech",
      "sense": "a hex; an evil spell",
      "tags": [
        "neuter"
      ],
      "word": "prokletí"
    },
    {
      "code": "da",
      "lang": "Danish",
      "sense": "a hex; an evil spell",
      "tags": [
        "common-gender"
      ],
      "word": "forbandelse"
    },
    {
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "a hex; an evil spell",
      "word": "kirous"
    },
    {
      "code": "fr",
      "lang": "French",
      "sense": "a hex; an evil spell",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "maléfice"
    },
    {
      "code": "fr",
      "lang": "French",
      "sense": "a hex; an evil spell",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "sortilège"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "a hex; an evil spell",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "Fluch"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "a hex; an evil spell",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "Verwünschung"
    },
    {
      "code": "it",
      "lang": "Italian",
      "sense": "a hex; an evil spell",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "maleficio"
    },
    {
      "code": "it",
      "lang": "Italian",
      "sense": "a hex; an evil spell",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "sortilegio"
    },
    {
      "code": "it",
      "lang": "Italian",
      "sense": "a hex; an evil spell",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "iettatura"
    },
    {
      "code": "it",
      "lang": "Italian",
      "sense": "a hex; an evil spell",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "malocchio"
    },
    {
      "alt": "じゃし",
      "code": "ja",
      "lang": "Japanese",
      "roman": "jashi",
      "sense": "a hex; an evil spell",
      "word": "邪視"
    },
    {
      "code": "ja",
      "lang": "Japanese",
      "sense": "a hex; an evil spell",
      "word": "ジンクス"
    },
    {
      "code": "fa",
      "lang": "Persian",
      "roman": "jâdu",
      "sense": "a hex; an evil spell",
      "word": "⁧جادو⁩"
    },
    {
      "code": "pt",
      "lang": "Portuguese",
      "sense": "a hex; an evil spell",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "enguiço"
    },
    {
      "code": "pt",
      "lang": "Portuguese",
      "sense": "a hex; an evil spell",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "macumba"
    },
    {
      "code": "pt",
      "lang": "Portuguese",
      "sense": "a hex; an evil spell",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "maldição"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "durnój glaz",
      "sense": "a hex; an evil spell",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "дурно́й глаз"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "sglaz",
      "sense": "a hex; an evil spell",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "сглаз"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "pórča",
      "sense": "a hex; an evil spell",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "по́рча"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "zlyje čáry",
      "sense": "a hex; an evil spell",
      "word": "злые ча́ры"
    },
    {
      "code": "sk",
      "lang": "Slovak",
      "sense": "a hex; an evil spell",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "kliatba"
    },
    {
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "a hex; an evil spell",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "maleficio"
    },
    {
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "a hex; an evil spell",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "maldición"
    },
    {
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "a hex; an evil spell",
      "tags": [
        "Dominican-Republic"
      ],
      "word": "fucú"
    },
    {
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "a hex; an evil spell",
      "tags": [
        "Venezuela",
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "pava"
    },
    {
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "a hex; an evil spell",
      "tags": [
        "Argentina",
        "Uruguay",
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "yeta"
    },
    {
      "code": "sv",
      "lang": "Swedish",
      "sense": "a hex; an evil spell",
      "tags": [
        "common-gender"
      ],
      "word": "förbannelse"
    },
    {
      "code": "afb",
      "lang": "Arabic",
      "roman": "gʊbbʊsə",
      "sense": "a person or thing supposed to bring bad luck",
      "tags": [
        "Gulf-Arabic"
      ],
      "word": "⁧قُبُّسة⁩"
    },
    {
      "code": "bg",
      "lang": "Bulgarian",
      "roman": "karǎk",
      "sense": "a person or thing supposed to bring bad luck",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "карък"
    },
    {
      "code": "cmn",
      "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
      "note": "of a woman",
      "roman": "báihǔxīng",
      "sense": "a person or thing supposed to bring bad luck",
      "word": "白虎星"
    },
    {
      "code": "cmn",
      "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
      "sense": "a person or thing supposed to bring bad luck",
      "word": "掃帚星"
    },
    {
      "code": "cmn",
      "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
      "note": "of a person",
      "roman": "sàozhǒuxīng",
      "sense": "a person or thing supposed to bring bad luck",
      "word": "扫帚星"
    },
    {
      "code": "cmn",
      "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
      "roman": "bùxiángzhīwù",
      "sense": "a person or thing supposed to bring bad luck",
      "word": "不祥之物"
    },
    {
      "code": "da",
      "lang": "Danish",
      "sense": "a person or thing supposed to bring bad luck",
      "tags": [
        "common-gender"
      ],
      "word": "ulykkesfugl"
    },
    {
      "code": "nl",
      "lang": "Dutch",
      "sense": "a person or thing supposed to bring bad luck",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "ongeluksbrenger"
    },
    {
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "a person or thing supposed to bring bad luck",
      "word": "pahan onnen tuoja"
    },
    {
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "a person or thing supposed to bring bad luck",
      "word": "pahanilmanlintu"
    },
    {
      "code": "fr",
      "lang": "French",
      "sense": "a person or thing supposed to bring bad luck",
      "word": "porte-malheur"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "a person or thing supposed to bring bad luck",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "Pechvogel"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "a person or thing supposed to bring bad luck",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "Unglücksbringer"
    },
    {
      "code": "el",
      "lang": "Greek",
      "roman": "grousoúzis",
      "sense": "a person or thing supposed to bring bad luck",
      "word": "γρουσούζης"
    },
    {
      "code": "it",
      "lang": "Italian",
      "sense": "a person or thing supposed to bring bad luck",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "iettatore"
    },
    {
      "code": "it",
      "lang": "Italian",
      "sense": "a person or thing supposed to bring bad luck",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "iettatrice"
    },
    {
      "code": "mk",
      "lang": "Macedonian",
      "roman": "maler",
      "sense": "a person or thing supposed to bring bad luck",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "малер"
    },
    {
      "code": "mk",
      "lang": "Macedonian",
      "roman": "baksuz",
      "sense": "a person or thing supposed to bring bad luck",
      "word": "баксуз"
    },
    {
      "code": "pt",
      "lang": "Portuguese",
      "sense": "a person or thing supposed to bring bad luck",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "agourento"
    },
    {
      "code": "ro",
      "lang": "Romanian",
      "sense": "a person or thing supposed to bring bad luck",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "piază rea"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "koldún",
      "sense": "a person or thing supposed to bring bad luck",
      "word": "колду́н"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "koldúnʹja",
      "sense": "a person or thing supposed to bring bad luck",
      "word": "колду́нья"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "védʹma",
      "sense": "a person or thing supposed to bring bad luck",
      "word": "ве́дьма"
    },
    {
      "code": "sh",
      "lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
      "sense": "a person or thing supposed to bring bad luck",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "baksuz"
    },
    {
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "a person or thing supposed to bring bad luck",
      "tags": [
        "masculine",
        "person"
      ],
      "word": "gafe"
    },
    {
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "a person or thing supposed to bring bad luck",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "ave de mal agüero"
    },
    {
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "a person or thing supposed to bring bad luck",
      "word": "cenizo"
    },
    {
      "code": "tl",
      "lang": "Tagalog",
      "sense": "a person or thing supposed to bring bad luck",
      "word": "kasaykasay"
    }
  ],
  "word": "jinx"
}

{
  "derived": [
    {
      "word": "jinxer"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "en",
        "2": "jynx"
      },
      "expansion": "jynx",
      "name": "m"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "en",
        "2": "transferred sense"
      },
      "expansion": "transferred sense",
      "name": "l"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_text": "From jynx in the transferred sense “a charm or spell”.",
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "jinxes",
      "tags": [
        "present",
        "singular",
        "third-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "jinxing",
      "tags": [
        "participle",
        "present"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "jinxed",
      "tags": [
        "participle",
        "past"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "jinxed",
      "tags": [
        "past"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {},
      "expansion": "jinx (third-person singular simple present jinxes, present participle jinxing, simple past and past participle jinxed)",
      "name": "en-verb"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "English",
  "lang_code": "en",
  "pos": "verb",
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [
        "English transitive verbs"
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "To cast a spell on."
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "cast",
          "cast"
        ],
        [
          "spell",
          "spell"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(transitive) To cast a spell on."
      ],
      "tags": [
        "transitive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [
        "English transitive verbs"
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "To bring bad luck to."
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "bad",
          "bad"
        ],
        [
          "luck",
          "luck"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(transitive) To bring bad luck to."
      ],
      "tags": [
        "transitive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [
        "English terms with quotations",
        "English transitive verbs"
      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "ref": "2008, Susane Colasanti, chapter 46, in When It Happens, Penguin",
          "text": "“So you'll all be near New York!” Maggie says. “We don't know for sure yet.” Sara stresses. “Don't jinx it.”",
          "type": "quotation"
        },
        {
          "ref": "2012, Sally Heinrich, Hungry Ghosts, Hachette UK",
          "text": "I've no idea if she guessed what I was intending to do. I don't know why I was so reluctant to talk about it, even to her. Maybe I was afraid that verbalising my intentions would jinx it in some way.",
          "type": "quotation"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "To cause something to happen by mentioning it, usually sarcastically."
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(transitive) To cause something to happen by mentioning it, usually sarcastically."
      ],
      "tags": [
        "transitive"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "/d͡ʒɪŋks/",
      "tags": [
        "UK",
        "US"
      ]
    },
    {
      "homophone": "jynx"
    },
    {
      "rhymes": "-ɪŋks"
    },
    {
      "audio": "en-ca-jinx.opus",
      "mp3_url": "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/transcoded/7/71/En-ca-jinx.opus/En-ca-jinx.opus.mp3",
      "ogg_url": "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/transcoded/7/71/En-ca-jinx.opus/En-ca-jinx.opus.ogg",
      "tags": [
        "Canada"
      ],
      "text": "Audio (CA)"
    },
    {
      "audio": "en-au-jinx.ogg",
      "mp3_url": "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/transcoded/3/36/En-au-jinx.ogg/En-au-jinx.ogg.mp3",
      "ogg_url": "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/3/36/En-au-jinx.ogg",
      "tags": [
        "Australia"
      ],
      "text": "Audio (AU)"
    }
  ],
  "translations": [
    {
      "code": "cmn",
      "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
      "roman": "gǔzhù",
      "sense": "To cast a spell on",
      "word": "蛊祝"
    },
    {
      "code": "cmn",
      "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
      "sense": "To cast a spell on",
      "word": "詛咒"
    },
    {
      "code": "cmn",
      "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
      "roman": "zǔzhòu",
      "sense": "To cast a spell on",
      "word": "诅咒"
    },
    {
      "code": "cs",
      "lang": "Czech",
      "sense": "To cast a spell on",
      "word": "uhranout"
    },
    {
      "code": "da",
      "lang": "Danish",
      "sense": "To cast a spell on",
      "word": "forhekse"
    },
    {
      "code": "nl",
      "lang": "Dutch",
      "sense": "To cast a spell on",
      "word": "betoveren"
    },
    {
      "code": "nl",
      "lang": "Dutch",
      "sense": "To cast a spell on",
      "word": "beheksen"
    },
    {
      "code": "nl",
      "lang": "Dutch",
      "sense": "To cast a spell on",
      "word": "vervloeken"
    },
    {
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "To cast a spell on",
      "word": "kirota"
    },
    {
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "To cast a spell on",
      "word": "manata"
    },
    {
      "code": "fr",
      "lang": "French",
      "sense": "To cast a spell on",
      "word": "porter malheur"
    },
    {
      "code": "fr",
      "lang": "French",
      "sense": "To cast a spell on",
      "word": "porter la guigne"
    },
    {
      "code": "fr",
      "lang": "French",
      "sense": "To cast a spell on",
      "word": "maudire"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "To cast a spell on",
      "word": "verzaubern"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "To cast a spell on",
      "word": "mit einem Zauber belegen"
    },
    {
      "code": "it",
      "lang": "Italian",
      "sense": "To cast a spell on",
      "word": "gettare il malocchio"
    },
    {
      "code": "nb",
      "lang": "Norwegian Bokmål",
      "sense": "To cast a spell on",
      "word": "forhekse"
    },
    {
      "code": "fa",
      "lang": "Persian",
      "roman": "jâdu kardan",
      "sense": "To cast a spell on",
      "word": "⁧جادو کردن⁩"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "sglázitʹ",
      "sense": "To cast a spell on",
      "word": "сгла́зить"
    },
    {
      "code": "sk",
      "lang": "Slovak",
      "sense": "To cast a spell on",
      "word": "urieknuť"
    },
    {
      "code": "sk",
      "lang": "Slovak",
      "sense": "To cast a spell on",
      "word": "porobiť"
    },
    {
      "code": "sk",
      "lang": "Slovak",
      "sense": "To cast a spell on",
      "word": "uhranúť"
    },
    {
      "code": "sv",
      "lang": "Swedish",
      "sense": "To cast a spell on",
      "word": "förhäxa"
    },
    {
      "code": "sv",
      "lang": "Swedish",
      "sense": "To cast a spell on",
      "word": "förtrolla"
    },
    {
      "code": "ar",
      "lang": "Arabic",
      "roman": "naḥasa",
      "sense": "To bring bad luck to",
      "word": "⁧نَحَسَ⁩"
    },
    {
      "code": "ar",
      "lang": "Arabic",
      "roman": "jalaba n-naḥs",
      "sense": "To bring bad luck to",
      "word": "⁧جَلَبَ اَلنَّحْس⁩"
    },
    {
      "code": "az",
      "lang": "Azerbaijani",
      "sense": "To bring bad luck to",
      "word": "gözə gətirmək"
    },
    {
      "code": "be",
      "lang": "Belarusian",
      "roman": "suróčycʹ",
      "sense": "To bring bad luck to",
      "word": "суро́чыць"
    },
    {
      "code": "da",
      "lang": "Danish",
      "sense": "To bring bad luck to",
      "word": "forbande"
    },
    {
      "code": "nl",
      "lang": "Dutch",
      "sense": "To bring bad luck to",
      "word": "beheksen"
    },
    {
      "code": "eo",
      "lang": "Esperanto",
      "sense": "To bring bad luck to",
      "word": "kaŭzi malfeliĉon"
    },
    {
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "To bring bad luck to",
      "word": "olla pahanilmanlintu"
    },
    {
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "To bring bad luck to",
      "word": "manata"
    },
    {
      "code": "fr",
      "lang": "French",
      "sense": "To bring bad luck to",
      "word": "porter la poisse"
    },
    {
      "code": "gl",
      "lang": "Galician",
      "sense": "To bring bad luck to",
      "word": "traer mala sorte"
    },
    {
      "code": "gl",
      "lang": "Galician",
      "sense": "To bring bad luck to",
      "word": "gafar"
    },
    {
      "code": "gl",
      "lang": "Galician",
      "sense": "To bring bad luck to",
      "word": "gafarse"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "To bring bad luck to",
      "word": "verhexen"
    },
    {
      "code": "it",
      "lang": "Italian",
      "sense": "To bring bad luck to",
      "word": "portare sfortuna"
    },
    {
      "code": "it",
      "lang": "Italian",
      "sense": "To bring bad luck to",
      "word": "portare scalogna"
    },
    {
      "code": "it",
      "lang": "Italian",
      "sense": "To bring bad luck to",
      "word": "portare iella"
    },
    {
      "code": "it",
      "lang": "Italian",
      "sense": "To bring bad luck to",
      "word": "portare sfiga"
    },
    {
      "code": "it",
      "lang": "Italian",
      "sense": "To bring bad luck to",
      "word": "gufare"
    },
    {
      "code": "it",
      "lang": "Italian",
      "sense": "To bring bad luck to",
      "word": "iellare"
    },
    {
      "code": "it",
      "lang": "Italian",
      "sense": "To bring bad luck to",
      "word": "iettare"
    },
    {
      "code": "nb",
      "lang": "Norwegian Bokmål",
      "sense": "To bring bad luck to",
      "word": "forbanne"
    },
    {
      "code": "pl",
      "lang": "Polish",
      "sense": "To bring bad luck to",
      "word": "zapeszyć"
    },
    {
      "code": "pt",
      "lang": "Portuguese",
      "sense": "To bring bad luck to",
      "word": "azarar"
    },
    {
      "code": "ro",
      "lang": "Romanian",
      "sense": "To bring bad luck to",
      "word": "cobi"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "sglázitʹ",
      "sense": "To bring bad luck to",
      "word": "сгла́зить"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "prinestí nesčástʹje",
      "sense": "To bring bad luck to",
      "word": "принести́ несча́стье"
    },
    {
      "code": "sk",
      "lang": "Slovak",
      "sense": "To bring bad luck to",
      "word": "prinášať smolu"
    },
    {
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "To bring bad luck to",
      "word": "traer mala suerte"
    },
    {
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "To bring bad luck to",
      "word": "gafar"
    },
    {
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "To bring bad luck to",
      "word": "gafarse"
    },
    {
      "code": "sv",
      "lang": "Swedish",
      "sense": "To bring bad luck to",
      "word": "ge otur"
    },
    {
      "code": "sv",
      "lang": "Swedish",
      "sense": "To bring bad luck to",
      "word": "förbanna"
    },
    {
      "code": "uk",
      "lang": "Ukrainian",
      "roman": "navróčyty",
      "sense": "To bring bad luck to",
      "word": "навро́чити"
    },
    {
      "code": "ur",
      "lang": "Urdu",
      "sense": "To bring bad luck to",
      "word": "⁧منحوس⁩ c du"
    }
  ],
  "word": "jinx"
}

{
  "etymology_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "en",
        "2": "jynx"
      },
      "expansion": "jynx",
      "name": "m"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "en",
        "2": "transferred sense"
      },
      "expansion": "transferred sense",
      "name": "l"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_text": "From jynx in the transferred sense “a charm or spell”.",
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "en",
        "2": "interjection"
      },
      "expansion": "jinx",
      "name": "head"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "English",
  "lang_code": "en",
  "pos": "intj",
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [
        "English terms with quotations"
      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "ref": "1991, Robert Cohen, “Flaming Moe's”, in The Simpsons, season 3, episode 10 (television production)",
          "text": "Bart: I'm telling Mom and Dad! / Lisa: You're telling who? / Bart: Mom and Dad! / Girls: MOM AND DAD? JINX! / Janey Powell: Now you can't talk, 'til somebody says your name!",
          "type": "quotation"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "Used after the same thing is said by two people simultaneously."
      ],
      "synonyms": [
        {
          "word": "snap"
        }
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "/d͡ʒɪŋks/",
      "tags": [
        "UK",
        "US"
      ]
    },
    {
      "homophone": "jynx"
    },
    {
      "rhymes": "-ɪŋks"
    },
    {
      "audio": "en-ca-jinx.opus",
      "mp3_url": "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/transcoded/7/71/En-ca-jinx.opus/En-ca-jinx.opus.mp3",
      "ogg_url": "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/transcoded/7/71/En-ca-jinx.opus/En-ca-jinx.opus.ogg",
      "tags": [
        "Canada"
      ],
      "text": "Audio (CA)"
    },
    {
      "audio": "en-au-jinx.ogg",
      "mp3_url": "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/transcoded/3/36/En-au-jinx.ogg/En-au-jinx.ogg.mp3",
      "ogg_url": "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/3/36/En-au-jinx.ogg",
      "tags": [
        "Australia"
      ],
      "text": "Audio (AU)"
    }
  ],
  "translations": [
    {
      "code": "da",
      "lang": "Danish",
      "sense": "Used after simultaneous speech",
      "word": "forhekset"
    },
    {
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "Used after simultaneous speech",
      "word": "kupla"
    },
    {
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "Used after simultaneous speech",
      "word": "smurffi"
    },
    {
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "Used after simultaneous speech",
      "word": "smurffilukko"
    },
    {
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "Used after simultaneous speech",
      "word": "smurffattu"
    },
    {
      "code": "fr",
      "lang": "French",
      "sense": "Used after simultaneous speech",
      "tags": [
        "feminine",
        "plural"
      ],
      "word": "chips"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "Used after simultaneous speech",
      "word": "verhext"
    },
    {
      "code": "pl",
      "lang": "Polish",
      "sense": "Used after simultaneous speech",
      "word": "raz, dwa, trzy, moje szczęście"
    },
    {
      "code": "pl",
      "lang": "Polish",
      "sense": "Used after simultaneous speech",
      "word": "moje szczęście, twój pech"
    },
    {
      "code": "sv",
      "lang": "Swedish",
      "sense": "Used after simultaneous speech",
      "word": "smurf"
    }
  ],
  "word": "jinx"
}

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