SUMO

Pronunciation (US):

(GB):

 I. (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)

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