jinx

A person or thing that is believed to bring bad luck.

A condition or period of bad luck that appears to have been caused by a specific person or thing.

To bring bad luck to.

A person, object, influence, or supernatural being which is supposed to bring bad luck or to cause things to go wrong.

To bring bad luck to; to cause to malfunction or go wrong.

A hex; an evil spell.

A person or thing supposed to bring bad luck.

To cast a spell on.

To bring bad luck to.

Used after the same response is said by two people simultaneously. Often, a game is played where the person who failed to say “jinx” first becomes “jinxed”, whereby they cannot speak until someone says their name.