- Jinx
- Человек или вещь, приносящие несчастье
Difficulties of the English language (lexical reference) English-Russian dictionary. 2014.
Difficulties of the English language (lexical reference) English-Russian dictionary. 2014.
Jinx (BD) — Jinx (comics) Jinx est un album de bande dessinée en noir et blanc écrit et dessiné par Brian Michael Bendis. Synopsis Jinx est une chasseuse de primes quelque peu aigrie. L’album racontre sa rencontre détonnante avec David Gold, dit Goldfish… … Wikipédia en Français
jinx — (j[i^][ng]ks), v. t. To bring bad luck to; to cause to malfunction or go wrong; as, some superstitious people are reluctant to predict success for fear it will jinx them. [Slang] [PJC] … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
Jinx — Saltar a navegación, búsqueda Jynx Jynx es una de las 493 (hasta ahora) criaturas de la franquicia Pokémon. Jinx es un pokémon muy raro, el cual se encuentra en las regiones de Kanto (Versiónes Roja, Verde, Azul Amarilla ,Rojo fuego y verde hoja) … Wikipedia Español
jinx — (n.) 1911, American English, originally baseball slang; perhaps ultimately from jyng a charm, a spell (17c.), originally wryneck, a bird used in witchcraft and divination, from L. iynx wryneck, from Gk. iynx. Most mysterious of all in the… … Etymology dictionary
jinx — (j[i^][ng]ks), n. A person, object, influence, or supernatural being which is supposed to bring bad luck or to cause things to go wrong. [Slang] [Webster 1913 Suppl.] … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
jinx — [dʒıŋks] n [singular] [Date: 1900 2000; Origin: Perhaps from jynx type of bird used in doing magic (17 19 centuries), from Greek iygx] someone or something that brings bad luck, or a period of bad luck that results from this ▪ The company had… … Dictionary of contemporary English
jinx — [n] curse black magic, charm, enchantment, evil eye*, hex, hoodoo*, kiss of death*, nemesis, plague, spell, voodoo*; concepts 230,679 Ant. advantage, benefit, boon, luck jinx [v] curse bedevil, bewitch, cast a spell on, charm, condemn, damn*,… … New thesaurus
jinx — ► NOUN ▪ a person or thing that brings bad luck. ► VERB ▪ bring bad luck to. ORIGIN probably a variant of Latin jynx «wryneck» (because the bird was used in witchcraft) … English terms dictionary
jinx — ☆ jinx [jiŋks ] Informal n. [earlier jynx < L iynx < Gr, the wryneck (bird used in black magic)] 1. a person or thing believed to bring bad luck 2. a spell or period of bad luck vt. to bring bad luck to … English World dictionary
Jinx — A jinx, in popular superstition and folklore, is: * A sort of curse placed on a person that makes them prey to large numbers of minor misfortunes and other forms of bad luck; * A person afflicted with a similar curse, who, while not directly… … Wikipedia
jinx — noun VERB + JINX ▪ shake off ▪ The team seems to have shaken off the jinx that s been dogging them for months. JINX + VERB ▪ hit sb, strike sb (both BrE) ▪ The injury j … Collocations dictionary