Pronunciation guide: IPA symbols, stress and word endings

θ	thin	ð	this	ʃ	she	ʒ	measure
tʃ	church	dʒ	judge	ŋ	sing	j	yes

p b t d k g f v s z h m n l r w sound as in ordinary English spelling.

ˈ main stress, before the stressed syllable: /ˈwɔːtə/ water · ˌ lighter (secondary) stress: /ˌʌndəˈstænd/ understand
ː a long vowel · (r) an r said only in accents that pronounce it (most American, Scottish, Irish)

-s / -es (plurals; he/she form of verbs): /s/ after voiceless sounds (cats), /z/ after voiced (dogs), /ɪz/ after s, z, sh, ch, j sounds (buses, watches). Spelling: -es after s, x, z, ch, sh; consonant + y → -ies (city → cities).
-ed (past): /t/ after voiceless sounds (walked), /d/ after voiced (played), /ɪd/ after t or d (wanted). Spelling: love → loved, stop → stopped, carry → carried.
-ing: make → making, run → running, see → seeing.
Irregular: go, went, gone · be, was, been · see, saw, seen · man → men · child → children · mouse → mice.
Older (King James) forms: -eth = -s (he loveth = he loves) · -est with “thou” (thou lovest) · spake = spoke.

jinx

/d͡ʒɪŋks/ noun, verb, interjection

Forms jinxes jinxing jinxed

noun A hex; an evil spell.
noun A person or thing supposed to bring bad luck.
verb (transitive) To cast a spell on.
verb (transitive) To bring bad luck to.
verb (transitive) To cause something to happen by mentioning it. Often used sarcastically.
verb (transitive) To cause a bad outcome through verbal expression of certainty about a good situation or result. See knocking on wood, which is supposed to mitigate this effect.
interjection Used after the same thing is said by two people simultaneously.

Synonyms

From jynx in the transferred sense “a charm or spell”.

Sources: Wiktionary · WordNet 3.0 · Webster’s 1913 — from the Wiktionary entry “jinx”, CC BY-SA 4.0. Details