"voodoo doll" meaning in English

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  "etymology_text": "From a mistaken belief that the use of such effigies features in the voodoo religion of either Haiti or Louisiana.",
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      "form": "voodoo dolls",
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  "pos": "noun",
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          "langcode": "en",
          "name": "Wicca",
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            "Fundamental"
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      "glosses": [
        "A poppet; a doll made to resemble a person in order to cast spells on them or to galvanize some change in them by modifying the doll, often by inserting pins and needles or by binding it."
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      "id": "en-voodoo_doll-en-noun-DPVqUyuA",
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        [
          "poppet",
          "poppet"
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      "translations": [
        {
          "code": "ca",
          "lang": "Catalan",
          "sense": "doll fashioned to resemble a person for usually malicious magical intent",
          "tags": [
            "masculine"
          ],
          "word": "ninot de vudú"
        },
        {
          "code": "cmn",
          "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
          "sense": "doll fashioned to resemble a person for usually malicious magical intent",
          "word": "巫蠱娃娃"
        },
        {
          "code": "cmn",
          "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
          "roman": "wūdú wáwa",
          "sense": "doll fashioned to resemble a person for usually malicious magical intent",
          "word": "巫蛊娃娃"
        },
        {
          "code": "eo",
          "lang": "Esperanto",
          "sense": "doll fashioned to resemble a person for usually malicious magical intent",
          "word": "vodua pupo"
        },
        {
          "code": "fr",
          "lang": "French",
          "sense": "doll fashioned to resemble a person for usually malicious magical intent",
          "tags": [
            "feminine"
          ],
          "word": "poupée vaudou"
        },
        {
          "code": "it",
          "lang": "Italian",
          "sense": "doll fashioned to resemble a person for usually malicious magical intent",
          "tags": [
            "feminine"
          ],
          "word": "bambola vudù"
        },
        {
          "code": "es",
          "lang": "Spanish",
          "sense": "doll fashioned to resemble a person for usually malicious magical intent",
          "tags": [
            "feminine"
          ],
          "word": "muñeca vudú"
        },
        {
          "code": "es",
          "lang": "Spanish",
          "sense": "doll fashioned to resemble a person for usually malicious magical intent",
          "tags": [
            "masculine"
          ],
          "word": "muñeco vudú"
        },
        {
          "code": "sv",
          "lang": "Swedish",
          "sense": "doll fashioned to resemble a person for usually malicious magical intent",
          "tags": [
            "common-gender"
          ],
          "word": "voodoodocka"
        },
        {
          "code": "txb",
          "lang": "Tocharian B",
          "sense": "doll fashioned to resemble a person for usually malicious magical intent",
          "word": "soye"
        },
        {
          "code": "tr",
          "lang": "Turkish",
          "sense": "doll fashioned to resemble a person for usually malicious magical intent",
          "word": "vudu bebeği"
        },
        {
          "code": "tr",
          "lang": "Turkish",
          "sense": "doll fashioned to resemble a person for usually malicious magical intent",
          "word": "voodoo bebeği"
        }
      ]
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  ],
  "word": "voodoo doll"
}

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  "etymology_text": "From a mistaken belief that the use of such effigies features in the voodoo religion of either Haiti or Louisiana.",
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "voodoo dolls",
      "tags": [
        "plural"
      ]
    }
  ],
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  "lang_code": "en",
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        "Terms with Tocharian B translations",
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      "glosses": [
        "A poppet; a doll made to resemble a person in order to cast spells on them or to galvanize some change in them by modifying the doll, often by inserting pins and needles or by binding it."
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "poppet",
          "poppet"
        ]
      ]
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  ],
  "translations": [
    {
      "code": "ca",
      "lang": "Catalan",
      "sense": "doll fashioned to resemble a person for usually malicious magical intent",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "ninot de vudú"
    },
    {
      "code": "cmn",
      "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
      "sense": "doll fashioned to resemble a person for usually malicious magical intent",
      "word": "巫蠱娃娃"
    },
    {
      "code": "cmn",
      "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
      "roman": "wūdú wáwa",
      "sense": "doll fashioned to resemble a person for usually malicious magical intent",
      "word": "巫蛊娃娃"
    },
    {
      "code": "eo",
      "lang": "Esperanto",
      "sense": "doll fashioned to resemble a person for usually malicious magical intent",
      "word": "vodua pupo"
    },
    {
      "code": "fr",
      "lang": "French",
      "sense": "doll fashioned to resemble a person for usually malicious magical intent",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "poupée vaudou"
    },
    {
      "code": "it",
      "lang": "Italian",
      "sense": "doll fashioned to resemble a person for usually malicious magical intent",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "bambola vudù"
    },
    {
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "doll fashioned to resemble a person for usually malicious magical intent",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "muñeca vudú"
    },
    {
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "doll fashioned to resemble a person for usually malicious magical intent",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "muñeco vudú"
    },
    {
      "code": "sv",
      "lang": "Swedish",
      "sense": "doll fashioned to resemble a person for usually malicious magical intent",
      "tags": [
        "common-gender"
      ],
      "word": "voodoodocka"
    },
    {
      "code": "txb",
      "lang": "Tocharian B",
      "sense": "doll fashioned to resemble a person for usually malicious magical intent",
      "word": "soye"
    },
    {
      "code": "tr",
      "lang": "Turkish",
      "sense": "doll fashioned to resemble a person for usually malicious magical intent",
      "word": "vudu bebeği"
    },
    {
      "code": "tr",
      "lang": "Turkish",
      "sense": "doll fashioned to resemble a person for usually malicious magical intent",
      "word": "voodoo bebeği"
    }
  ],
  "word": "voodoo doll"
}