jujitsu
or jiu·jit·su
[ joo-jit-soo ]
/ dʒuˈdʒɪt su /
noun
a method developed in Japan of defending oneself without the use of weapons by using the strength and weight of an adversary to disable him.
the use of an opponent's strengths or one's own weaknesses to accomplish one's goals: That was a kind of intellectual jujitsu, the way she handily won the debate. The town of Vacaville, in a prime example of touristic jujitsu, turned its isolation into an attraction in itself.
verb (used with object)
to turn (a situation) to one's advantage by exploiting one's own weaknesses or another's strengths, as in a social or political relationship: He deftly jujitsued the conversation to make my knowledge of the subject seem pretentious.
Also
ju·jut·su,
jiu·jut·su
[joo-juht-soo, -joo-] /dʒuˈdʒʌt su, -ˈdʒʊ-/.
Origin of jujitsu
1870–75; < Japanese
jūjitsu, earlier
jūjutsu, equivalent to
jū soft (see
judo) +
-jut(u) technique < Middle Chinese, equivalent to Chinese
shù
Words nearby jujitsu
Example sentences from the Web for jujitsu
The attack on the World Trade Center's towers (and on the Pentagon, that breathtaking parenthesis) was a brilliant act of jujitsu.
He grabbed the extended right arm to give it a jujitsu move up and to the back of the body.
David Lannarck, Midget |George S. HarneyHe reached forward in a jujitsu maneuver, grabbed a coat sleeve and a handful of suit coat.
Black Man's Burden |Dallas McCord ReynoldsThe boys are also taught asanas (postures), sword and lathi (stick) play, and jujitsu.
Autobiography of a YOGI |Paramhansa Yogananda
British Dictionary definitions for jujitsu
jujitsu
jujutsu or jiujutsu
/ (dʒuːˈdʒɪtsuː) /
noun
the traditional Japanese system of unarmed self-defence perfected by the samurai
See also judo
Word Origin for jujitsu
C19: from Japanese, from
jū gentleness +
jutsu art