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jiujitsu

American

[joo-jit-soo] / dʒuˈdʒɪt su /

Also jiujutsu

noun

a variant of jujitsu.

jiujitsu British

/ dʒuːˈdʒɪtsuː /

noun

variant spellings of jujitsu

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Taranto has to perform some rhetorical jiujitsu to preserve the humor of the premise.

From Los Angeles Times • Sep. 7, 2023

The brouhaha began when Musk said in a June 20 post that he was "up for a cage match" with Zuckerberg, who is trained in jiujitsu.

From Reuters • Aug. 6, 2023

Here was a freshly divorced Gisele going for a run in Costa Rica with her handsome “family jiujitsu instructor,” which insiders swore was completely platonic.

From Washington Post • Feb. 2, 2023

I train and teach jiujitsu, and I have been doing that for nine years.

From Salon • Apr. 15, 2022

I asked him, by the way, if he knew jiujitsu, because his arms looked powerful.

From Botchan (Master Darling) by Morri, Yasotaro

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