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‖ shuriken, n.|ʃuriˈken|
[a. Jap. shuri-ken, lit. ‘dagger in the hand’, f. shu hand + ri inside + ken sword, blade. The traditional Japanese meaning is ‘a small dagger thrown with its blade pointing forwards as it flies through the air’.]
In the martial arts (esp. ninjutsu): a weapon in the form of a small star with a number of projecting blades or points, thrown with a spinning motion at the target.
1978Ribner & Chin Martial Arts vii. 178 The ninja..stuffed their pockets with shuriken, sharp-pointed weapons shaped like stars or crosses that could be thrown like darts at people. 1980Washington Post 30 Sept. b11/5 ‘I came because I expected some of my team to be here,’ he says, while hurling shurikens..into a sheet of plywood. 1985N.Y. Times 4 Oct. a30/1 Shurikens—palm-sized throwing stars with razor points—spin through the air like little buzz saws. 1989P. Crompton Compl. Martial Arts 77/1 Because a few hooligans have used these stars in public, there has been an outcry in the West, demanding that the shuriken should be banned from sale. |