ALL meanings of jiujitsu
jiu·jit·su
J j - noun jiujitsu 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. 1
- noun jiujitsu the use of an opponent's strengths or one's own weaknesses to accomplish one's goals: That was a kind of intellectual jujitsu, the way she handily won the debate. The town of Vacaville, in a prime example of touristic jujitsu, turned its isolation into an attraction in itself. 1
- verb with object jiujitsu to turn (a situation) to one's advantage by exploiting one's own weaknesses or another's strengths, as in a social or political relationship: He deftly jujitsued the conversation to make my knowledge of the subject seem pretentious. 1
- noun jiujitsu Alternative spelling of jujitsu. 1
- abbreviation JIUJITSU jujitsu 0