sumo
IPA: sˈumoʊ
noun
- (uncountable) A stylised Japanese form of wrestling in which a wrestler loses if he is forced from the ring, or if any part of his body except the soles of his feet touches the ground.
- (countable, colloquial) A rikishi (sumo wrestler)
- A Misumalpan language of Nicaragua.
- (biochemistry) Abbreviation of small ubiquitin-related modifier. [A SUMO protein]
- (fandom slang) Abbreviation of Pokémon Sun and Moon.
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Examples of "sumo" in Sentences
- Early years and entry into sumo.
- Hidenokuni's sumo career was short.
- Takashi was a former sumo wrestler.
- Takahiro was a former sumo wrestler.
- It was the first walkout in sumo history.
- He moved to Nagoya sumo and then Osaka sumo.
- The 2009 dinner will be in the form of a sumo gala.
- It is regarded as the heartland of professional sumo.
- As the acronym implied, the SUMO was meant for maneuvering.
- This type of exhibition sumo is called hana sumo, or flower sumo.
- The International Olympic Committee has refused to go along with the idea of sumo in the
- If you thought the cheating in sumo was bad enough, now they are talking about murder charges.
- My reason for this conclusion is that there is something absent from tennis that is present in sumo wrestling: a highly non-linear incentive scheme.
- The Q&A after the movie was more entertaining than the film itself, as the filmmakers, the owner of the Drafthouse, and a Fantastic Fest programmer all came out dressed only in sumo diapers and began running around the theater, chanting.
- In the book (which has sold over four million copies), economist Steven D. Levitt (aided by journalist Stephen J. Dubner) applies economic principles to distinctly non-economic topics like baby names, cheating in sumo wrestling, and the relationship between legalizing abortion and falling crime rates.
- Inside its pages, the authors cover cheating in sumo wrestling, suggest that Roe vs. Wade has dramatically decreased the crime rate (ironically discrediting Gladwell's own position on the matter), and has some interesting statistics on the effects (or lack thereofs) on popular high and low income names on a child's eventual achievements.
- So Alex Gibney (Taxi to the Dark Side) exposes cheating in sumo wrestling; Eugene Jarecki (Why We Fight) looks at the 1990s 'drop in the crime rate; Heidi Ewing (Jesus Camp) discovers whether you can bribe ninth-graders to get good grades - and Morgan Spurlock (Super-Size Me) examines whether your name is your destiny (particularly if you're an African-American with a distinctly African-American name).