What is Gris-gris?
1.
A voodoo term, referring to a powerful spell.
My ex-wife put the gris-gris on my love life; I can't seem to get a date.
2.
a voodoo curse. The term gris-gris is most often used by Cajuns.
I stole $5 from that old woman and she had a gris-gris put on me!
3.
a spell or hex put upon someone.
He put the gris-gris on me! I'm doomed!