To take a customary action to ward off some misfortune that is believed to be attracted by a presumptuous statement.
Hopefully; a self-directive to undertake the customary action to ward off bad luck.
To suspect; to have suspicions.
Uncertainty, doubt.
The imagining of something without evidence.
The act of suspecting something or someone, especially of something wrong.
A trace, or slight indication.
The condition of being suspected.