1. a form of Japanese wrestling in which two large wrestlers try to force each other out of a circular ring

Examples

• He watched a sumo match on television.
• The sumo wrestler weighed over 300 pounds.
• Sumo is considered Japan’s national sport.
• The sumo tournament lasted for two weeks.
• She learned about sumo traditions in her Japanese culture class.
• The sumo ring is called a dohyo.