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JIUJITSU

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does jiujitsu mean? 

JIUJITSU (noun)
  The noun JIUJITSU has 1 sense:

1. a method of self-defense without weapons that was developed in China and Japan; holds and blows are supplemented by clever use of the attacker's own weight and strengthplay

  Familiarity information: JIUJITSU used as a noun is very rare.


 Dictionary entry details 


JIUJITSU (noun)


Sense 1

Meaning:

A method of self-defense without weapons that was developed in China and Japan; holds and blows are supplemented by clever use of the attacker's own weight and strength

Classified under:

Nouns denoting acts or actions

Synonyms:

jiujitsu; jujitsu; jujutsu

Hypernyms ("jiujitsu" is a kind of...):

martial art (any of several Oriental arts of weaponless self-defense; usually practiced as a sport)

Domain region:

Japan; Nihon; Nippon (a constitutional monarchy occupying the Japanese Archipelago; a world leader in electronics and automobile manufacture and ship building)


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