SUMO

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does sumo mean? 

• SUMO (noun)
  The noun SUMO has 1 sense:

1. a Japanese form of wrestling; you lose if you are forced out of a small ring or if any part of your body (other than your feet) touches the ground

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

 Dictionary entry details 

• SUMO (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

A Japanese form of wrestling; you lose if you are forced out of a small ring or if any part of your body (other than your feet) touches the ground

Classified under:

Nouns denoting acts or actions

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

sport (the occupation of athletes who compete for pay)

grappling; rassling; wrestling (the sport of hand-to-hand struggle between unarmed contestants who try to throw each other down)

Domain region:

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