Definitions for judoˈdʒu doʊ

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Random House Webster's College Dictionary

ju•doˈdʒu doʊ(n.)

  1. a martial art based on jujitsu but differing from it in banning dangerous throws and blows and stressing the athletic or sport element.

    Category: Sport

Origin of judo:

1885–90; < Japn jūdō < MChin, = Chin róu soft +dào way

Princeton's WordNet

  1. judo(noun)

    a sport adapted from jujitsu (using principles of not resisting) and similar to wrestling; developed in Japan

Wiktionary

  1. judo(Noun)

    A Japanese martial art and sport adapted from jujutsu.


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Kernerman English Multilingual Dictionary

judo(noun)

a Japanese form of wrestling

He learns judo at the sports centre.

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