yokozuna
/ˌjəʊkəˈzuːnə
/noun (plural same)
A grand champion sumo wrestler: an aura of dignity is as necessary for a yokozuna as strength and skill...
- By tradition a yokozuna, once anointed, cannot be demoted.
- He has proven himself to be a remarkable yokozuna, and his last yusho was a classic example of sheer will and determination.
- The former yokozuna is expected to continue to be an occasional sumo commentator with some TV stations as well
Origin
Japanese, from yoko 'crosswise' + tsuna 'rope' (originally denoting a kind of belt presented to the champion).
Rhymes
- God (or Heaven) forbid
- go down
- godown
- go down a bomb
- go down a storm
- go down in history
- go down on
- go down (or drop or fall) like ninepins
- go down (or over) like a lead balloon
- go down the drain
- go down the gurgler
- go down the pan
- go down the plughole
- go down the toilet
- go down the tube (or tubes)
- go down the wrong way
- go down with
- godpapa
- godparent
- God particle
- Godpenny
- godpoppa
- God's acre
- God's ape
- God Save the Queen