noun / adjective
sumo
SOO-moh/ˈsuːməʊ/
A Japanese sport in which wrestlers try to force each other out of a ring or to the ground.
In sumo, wrestlers win by forcing opponents outside the ring.
Etymology
The source glosses Japanese sumo as “to compete.” English uses the borrowed word for the particular Japanese wrestling sport, rather than competition in general.
In context
the best kind of fighting, winner gets $50,000" who would answer a call like that? (lively string music) The eight constituting the tournament included an insanely dirty kickboxer, a massive sumo wrestler,
More examples
- A sumo wrestler loses if anything besides his soles touches the ground.
- We watch a sumo tournament on television.
- She practices sumo at a local wrestling club.