US /ˈd͡ʒudoʊ/ UK /ˈd͡ʒuːdəʊ/
noun Freq #16390

Meanings

  1. 1
    noun

    A Japanese sport and martial art in which you try to throw your opponent to the ground.

    He started doing judo at the age of eight.

Etymology

Borrowed from Japanese 柔(じゅう)道(どう) (jūdō, literally “the soft way”).

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