jujitsu

noun

ju·jit·su

variants or less commonly jujutsu or jiujitsu

jü-ˈjit-(ˌ)sü

: an art of weaponless fighting employing holds, throws, and paralyzing blows to subdue or disable an opponent

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The two beetles face off in battle, until the first manages to get enough leverage to toss his romantic rival off the stump in a deft display of insect jujitsu. —

Ars Technica, 14 Jan. 2025 The filmmaker arrived in Los Angeles in the early ‘90s, offering to teach jujitsu at a martial arts school in exchange for a place to crash. —

Aaron Couch, The Hollywood Reporter, 13 Dec. 2024 Joining me on the vessel was Alejandro Mira, a veterinarian from Medellín, and Joshua Wilson, an American jujitsu champion and world traveler who had hitched a ride with Mira and me and was sharing the experience with his followers on social media. —

Joshua Hammer, Smithsonian Magazine, 24 June 2024 All these techniques are a form of psychological jujitsu that turns vulnerabilities into strengths. —

Elke U. Weber, Foreign Affairs, 13 Oct. 2020 See all Example Sentences for jujitsu