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sumo
noun[ U ]
uk /ˈsuː.məʊ/ us /ˈsuː.moʊ/
a style of wrestling(= a fighting sport) originally from Japan, in which each fighter tries to defeat the other by either pushing him outside of a special ring or by forcing him to touch the ground with a part of his body other than the bottom part of the foot:
The Japanese see sumo as more than a sport.
Sumo tournaments are held here in January, May, and September.
Sumo's been drawing smaller crowds in Japan, where the sport's popularity has been waning.
Reforming sumo, which has a history of more than 2,000 years, is not easy.
In sumo, the rituals are lengthy and of utmost importance, building to the moment of the fight.
SMART Vocabulary: related words and phrases
Fighting sports
aikido
all-in wrestling
arm-wrestling
armlock
bantamweight
feint
gumshield
half nelson
hammerlock
hapkido
haymaker
outfight
puncher
punching bag
rabbit punch
rope
rounder
southpaw
wristlock
wushu
Synonym
sumo wrestling See alsosumo wrestler
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