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Jiujitsu

Definition: Jiujitsu

Jiujitsu

Noun

1. 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.

Source: WordNet 1.7.1 Copyright © 2001 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
 


Synonym: Jiujitsu

Synonym: jujitsu (n). (additional references)

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Synonyms within Context: Jiujitsu

ContextSynonyms within Context (source: adapted from Roget's Thesaurus).

Contention

Wrestling, greco-roman wrestling; pugilism, boxing, fisticuffs, the manly art of self-defense; spar, mill, set-to, round, bout, event, prize fighting; quarterstaff, single stick; gladiatorship, gymnastics; jiujitsu, jujutsu, kooshti, sumo; athletics, athletic sports; games of skill.

Source: adapted from Roget's Thesaurus.

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Crosswords: Jiujitsu

Non-English Usage: "Jiujitsu" is also a word in the following languages with English translations in parentheses.

Spanish (jujitsu, jujutsu), Swedish (jiu-jitsu, jujitsu).

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Photo Album: Jiujitsu

ThumbnailDescription & Credit

Fort Bragg, North Carolina. Company J, 41st Engineers, practicing jiujitsu. Credit: Library of Congress.

Source: pictures compiled by the editor from various references; see picture credits.

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Frequency of Internet Keywords: Jiujitsu

The following statistics estimate the number of searches per day across the major English-language search engines as identified by various trade publications. Hyperlinks lead to commercial use of the expression at Amazon.com.
 
ExpressionFrequency
per Day

brazilian jiujitsu

37

jiujitsu

30

gracie jiujitsu

17

jiujitsu technique

5

jiujitsu las vegas

5

jitsu jiu jiujitsu

3

jiujitsu logo

3

jiujitsu kimonos

3

brazilian jiujitsu technique

2
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

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Modern Translations: Jiujitsu

Language Translations for "jiujitsu"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses.

Farsi 

  

جودو0. (various references)

   

French

  

jiu-jitsu. (various references)

   

Pig Latin

  

iujitsujay

   

Portuguese

  

estar nervoso (nervously). (various references)

Source: compiled by the editor from various translation references.

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Derivations: Jiujitsu

Derivations

Words beginning with "jiujitsu": jiujitsus. (additional references)

Source: compiled by the editor, based on several corpora (additional references).

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Anagrams: Jiujitsu

Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams

Words within the letters "i-i-j-j-s-t-u-u"

-1 letter: jujitsu, jujuist.

-3 letters: jujus.

-4 letters: juju, just, juts, suit, tuis.

-5 letters: its, jus, jut, sit, tis, tui, uts.

 Words containing the letters "i-i-j-j-s-t-u-u"
 

+1 letter: jiujitsus.

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

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Alternative Orthography: Jiujitsu


Hexadecimal (or equivalents, 770AD-1900s) (references)

4A 69 75 6A 69 74 73 75

Leonardo da Vinci (1452-1519; backwards) (references)

American Sign Language (origins from 1620-1817 in Italy and, especially, France) (references)

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Semaphore (1791, in France) (references)

Braille (1829, in France) (references)

Morse Code (1836) (references)

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Dancing Men (Sir Arthur Conan Doyle, 1903) (references)

Binary Code (1918-1938, probably earlier) (references)

01001010 01101001 01110101 01101010 01101001 01110100 01110011 01110101

HTML Code (1990) (references)

&#74 &#105 &#117 &#106 &#105 &#116 &#115 &#117

ISO 10646 (1991-1993) (references)

004A 0069 0075 006A 0069 0074 0073 0075

British Sign Language (Fingerspelling, BSL; 1992, British Deaf Association Dictionary of British Sign Language) (references)

Encryption (beginner's substitution cypher): (references)

4475877675868587

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Non-English Dictionaries with "Jiujitsu"

LanguageCoverageLanguage Translations

French

dictionnaire, définition, traductionfrançais, francês

Portuguese

dicionário, definição, traduçãoportugais, português

English

Dictionary, Definition, Translationanglais, inglês
 


INDEX

1. Definition
2. Synonyms
3. Crosswords
4. Images: Photo Album
5. Expressions: Internet
6. Translations: Modern
7. Derivations
8. Anagrams
9. Orthography
10. Bibliography


  

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