Definitions

from The Century Dictionary.

  • noun See jiu-jutsu.

from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.

  • noun 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.

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  • noun Alternative spelling of jujitsu.

from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.

  • noun 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

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Examples

  • The Bishops' attack and the administration's jiujitsu maneuver came a scant week after public outcry supporting Planned Parenthood after anti-choice leaders at the Komen Foundation threatened to cut funding for PP's breast health care services.

    Ellen R. Shaffer: Who Won? We Will Ellen R. Shaffer 2012

  • The Bishops' attack and the administration's jiujitsu maneuver came a scant week after public outcry supporting Planned Parenthood after anti-choice leaders at the Komen Foundation threatened to cut funding for PP's breast health care services.

    Ellen R. Shaffer: Who Won? We Will Ellen R. Shaffer 2012

  • The Bishops' attack and the administration's jiujitsu maneuver came a scant week after public outcry supporting Planned Parenthood after anti-choice leaders at the Komen Foundation threatened to cut funding for PP's breast health care services.

    Ellen R. Shaffer: Who Won? We Will Ellen R. Shaffer 2012

  • The Bishops' attack and the administration's jiujitsu maneuver came a scant week after public outcry supporting Planned Parenthood after anti-choice leaders at the Komen Foundation threatened to cut funding for PP's breast health care services.

    Ellen R. Shaffer: Who Won? We Will Ellen R. Shaffer 2012

  • Mixed martial arts enables fighters to draw on a range of combat disciplines, including jiujitsu, Muay Thai, wrestling, boxing and kickboxing.

    Living a Dangerous Dream Sophia Hollander 2011

  • The Bishops' attack and the administration's jiujitsu maneuver came a scant week after public outcry supporting Planned Parenthood after anti-choice leaders at the Komen Foundation threatened to cut funding for PP's breast health care services.

    Ellen R. Shaffer: Who Won? We Will Ellen R. Shaffer 2012

  • The Palestine papers help Abbas in the diplomatic jiujitsu

    Letters: Palestine leak and the peace process 2011

  • Retina dance company's La Lutte, choreographed by Filip van Huffel, sees Steven Martin and Matthew Slater locked into a struggle which is part jiujitsu duel, part desperate search for identity.

    Alonzo King Lines Ballet; Retina dance company, Collisions, Juliet Aster 2010

  • Telles trains about 10 hours a week and competes occasionally in Brazilian jiujitsu matches.

    Mixed martial arts students go head-to-head for good health 2010

  • His fighter training program combines two main disciplines: Muay Thai, or Thai boxing, and Brazilian jiujitsu.

    Mixed martial arts students go head-to-head for good health 2010

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