/jooh jit"sooh/ , n.
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.
Also, jiujitsu, jiujutsu, jujutsu . Cf. judo, karate .
[ 1870-75; jujitsu, earlier jujutsu, equiv. to ju soft (see JUDO) + -jut ( u ) technique shù ]