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# jinx

noun (a jinx, jinxes); verb (jinx, jinxes, jinxed, jinxing)

«jinx» in the English dictionary: everyday — its meanings, how the lessons use it, and examples, each with its tree on Mova.

## Everyday

1. A jinx is a person or thing that people believe brings bad luck. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/J/jinx/#m1)
2. To jinx something is to bring bad luck to it, often (people joke) by talking about it too early. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/J/jinx/#m2)
3. (game) «Jinx!» is called out in a children's game when two people say the same word at the same time. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/J/jinx/#m3)

### In the lessons

Everyday talk and sport: «Don't say we'll win, you'll jinx it!» It tells the reader about superstition. Science: there is no proof that jinxes are real; it is a belief and a joke.

### Examples

- Don't say it's going to be sunny, you'll jinx it! [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/J/jinx/#x1)
- He thinks the number 13 is a jinx. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/J/jinx/#x2)
- «Jinx!» we both shouted at once. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/J/jinx/#x3)
- The team felt jinxed after losing five games. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/J/jinx/#x4)
- Some sailors believed a cat on board was a jinx. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/J/jinx/#x5)
- Saying the word does not really jinx anything. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/J/jinx/#x6)

### Note

Plural: jinxes; verb forms jinxed, jinxing. It is a superstition, not a fact.

## On Mova

- [Trees and pragmatics of «jinx» in the school dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/J/jinx/): every meaning and example parsed by Mova, with its dependency tree and frames.
- [«jinx» in the school dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/school/w/jinx.html) on Mova free.