Usually means: Traditional Japanese heavyweight wrestling sport.
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General (20 matching dictionaries)
  1. sumo: Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
  2. sumo: Merriam-Webster
  3. sumo: Oxford Learner's Dictionaries
  4. sumo: American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language
  5. sumo: Collins English Dictionary
  6. sumo: Vocabulary.com
  7. Sumo, sumo: Wordnik
  8. SUMO, Sumo, sumo: Wiktionary
  9. sumo: The Wordsmyth English Dictionary-Thesaurus
  10. sumo: Infoplease Dictionary
  11. sumo: Dictionary.com
  12. sumo: Online Etymology Dictionary
  13. Sumo (Tamil film), Sumo (album), Sumo (band), Sumo (book), Sumo (disambiguation), Sumo (film), Sumo (song), Sumo: Wikipedia, the Free Encyclopedia
  14. sumo: Rhymezone
  15. sumo: Stammtisch Beau Fleuve Acronyms
  16. sumo: FreeDictionary.org
  17. sumo: Mnemonic Dictionary
  18. sumo: TheFreeDictionary.com

Computing (1 matching dictionary)
  1. sumo: Encyclopedia

Miscellaneous (1 matching dictionary)
  1. SUMO: Acronym Finder

Religion (1 matching dictionary)
  1. Basic Terms of Shinto (No longer online)

Slang (1 matching dictionary)
  1. sumo: Urban Dictionary

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American English Definition British English Definition
▸ 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.
▸ noun:  (countable, colloquial) A rikishi (sumo wrestler)
▸ noun:  A Misumalpan language of Nicaragua.
▸ noun:  (biochemistry) Abbreviation of small ubiquitin-related modifier. [A SUMO protein]
▸ noun:  (fandom slang) Abbreviation of Pokémon Sun and Moon.

Similar:
kuroboshi, sotomuso, torikumi, kuisagaru, puroresu, ottsuke, zenpai, shumokuzori, zensho yusho, basho, more...

Opposite:
thin, slim, lean, skinny, underweight

Types:
yokozuna, ozeki, sekiwake, komusubi, maegashira, more...

Phrases:
sumo wrestler, sumo wrestlers, sumo wrestling, sumo ring, SUMO protein, more...

Adjectives:
japanese, professional, modern, traditional, mat, related, own, 12th, small, mini

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Similar:
kuroboshi, sotomuso, torikumi, kuisagaru, puroresu, ottsuke, zenpai, shumokuzori, zensho yusho, basho, more...

Opposite:
thin, slim, lean, skinny, underweight

Types:
yokozuna, ozeki, sekiwake, komusubi, maegashira, more...

Phrases:
sumo wrestler, sumo wrestlers, sumo wrestling, sumo ring, SUMO protein, Sumo Digital, 2022 in sumo, Glossary of sumo terms, Professional sumo divisions, Sumo Do, Sumo Don't, Sumo Do, Sumo Don't, Sumo Logic, more...

Adjectives:
japanese, professional, modern, traditional, mat, related, own, 12th, small, mini

Colors:
    black,     red,     white,     gold,     brown, more...



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