Usually means: Cause of bad luck superstition.
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  1. jinx: Merriam-Webster
  2. jinx: Oxford Learner's Dictionaries
  3. jinx: American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language
  4. jinx: Collins English Dictionary
  5. jinx: Vocabulary.com
  6. Jinx, jinx: Wordnik
  7. jinx: Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary
  8. jinx: Wiktionary
  9. jinx: Webster's New World College Dictionary, 4th Ed.
  10. jinx: The Wordsmyth English Dictionary-Thesaurus
  11. jinx: Infoplease Dictionary
  12. Jinx, jinx: Dictionary.com
  13. jinx (n.): Online Etymology Dictionary
  14. jinx: Cambridge Essential American English Dictionary
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  16. jinx: Rhymezone
  17. jinx: AllWords.com Multi-Lingual Dictionary
  18. jinx: FreeDictionary.org
  19. jinx: Mnemonic Dictionary
  20. Jinx: The Word Detective
  21. jinx: TheFreeDictionary.com
  22. Jinx: World Wide Words
  23. jinx: Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English

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  1. jinx: Encyclopedia

(Note: See jinxed as well.)

Definitions from Wiktionary (
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noun:  A hex; an evil spell.
noun:  A person or thing supposed to bring bad luck.
verb:  (transitive) To cast a spell on.
verb:  (transitive) To bring bad luck to.
verb:  (transitive) To cause something to happen by mentioning it, usually sarcastically.

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