karate
noun /kəˈrɑːti/
/kəˈrɑːti/
[uncountable]- a Japanese system of fighting in which you use your hands and feet as weapons
- a karate chop (= a blow with the side of the hand)
- She has a brown belt in karate.
- a 34-year-old karate black belt
Oxford Collocations Dictionaryadjective- full-contact
- Shotokan
- do
- practise/practice
- study
- …
- suit
- chop
- kick
- …
- a black, etc. belt in karate
Word OriginJapanese, from kara ‘empty’ + te ‘hand’.