gris-gris

noun

variants also grigri
Definition of gris-grisnext
as in juju

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  1. juju
  2. talisman
  3. amulet
Noun
  • Sacrifice a Hot ’n’ Ready halfway between second and third base in Comerica Park in hopes of breaking up the bad juju there?
    Ryan Ford, Detroit Free Press, 17 June 2024
  • Seventies California was loaded with bad juju, from the Zodiac Killer to the Patty Hearst kidnapping to Jim Jones.
    Chris Vognar, Rolling Stone, 3 Dec. 2023
Definition of juju
Noun
  • The chocolate gelt—half-off at that point, since Hannukah was usually over—felt like exotic talismans.
    Joanna Solotaroff, Vogue, 20 Dec. 2024
  • Isak is Newcastle’s talisman, so he is nailed on to start and will be the first-choice penalty taker too now that team-mate Callum Wilson (£6.9m) is injured again.
    Abdul Rehman, The Athletic, 19 Dec. 2024
Definition of talisman
Noun
  • These objects, often fashioned from stone, were thought to be imbued with magical properties and worn as amulets, although they were also sometimes used as impression seals.
    Gordon G. Chang, Newsweek, 11 Dec. 2024
  • Another decoration on the amulet is the nefer symbol, which in Egyptian means ‘good’ or ‘chosen’.
    Ashlyn Messier, Fox News, 5 Dec. 2024
Definition of amulet
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