sumo wrestlingnoun [ U ]
uk/ˌsuː.məʊˈres.lɪŋ/us/-moʊ-/a style of wrestling (= a fighting sport) originally from Japan, in which each man tries to defeat the other either by pushing him outside of a special ring or by forcing him to touch the ground with a part of his body other than the bottom part of the foot
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sumo wrestler
noun [ C ] uk/ˈsuː.məʊˌres.lər/us/-moʊˌres.lɚ/