Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition
- n. Variant of jujitsu.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License
- n. Alternative spelling of jujitsu.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English
- n. 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.
from The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
- n. See jiu-jutsu.
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- n. 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
Etymologies
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Examples
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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.
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Mixed martial arts enables fighters to draw on a range of combat disciplines, including jiujitsu, Muay Thai, wrestling, boxing and kickboxing.
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The Palestine papers help Abbas in the diplomatic jiujitsu
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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
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Telles trains about 10 hours a week and competes occasionally in Brazilian jiujitsu matches.
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His fighter training program combines two main disciplines: Muay Thai, or Thai boxing, and Brazilian jiujitsu.
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Telles, 25, played tennis at New York University until an injury sidelined him; he joined the university's Brazilian jiujitsu club and was hooked.
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She is trained in jiujitsu and boxing, and tends to attract more extreme clients, those looking for competitive, athletic experiences — like those in a varsity wrestling club, minus the referee — or heavier, fetishistic scenarios, some so contrived they would make Vince McMahon blush.
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The karmic jiujitsu could have made every day to me feel like Christmas.
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Update III: For those of you who insist that this is some kind of super-duper jiujitsu, well --- if it is, it's not very effective.
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