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tae kwon do

tae kwon do is the alternative spelling of taekwondo.

Meaning of taekwondo

Noun

taekwondo (uncountable)

  1. A martial art from Korea, known for its elaborate kicking techniques. The sparring aspect is a recognised Olympic sport.
    • Khudadadi, originally from Afghanistan but now living and training in France, won bronze in the taekwondo women’s K44 -47kg category in Paris.2024 August 30, George Ramsay, “Zakia Khudadadi makes history by winning first-ever Paralympic medal for the refugee team with taekwondo bronze”, in CNN, archived from the original on 01 Sep 2024
    Synonyms:
    TKD

Origin of tae kwon do

Borrowed from Korean 태권도(跆拳道) (taegwondo).

Questions about tae kwon do

What is tae kwon do the alternative spelling of?
Tae kwon do is the alternative spelling of taekwondo.

Words near tae kwon do in the dictionary

  1. Tadzhik
  2. Tadzhikistan
  3. Tadzhiks
  4. TAE
  5. Tae Bo
  6. tae kwon do
  7. TaeBo
  8. Taechew
  9. Taechiew
  10. Taechiu
  11. TAED

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Adapted from Wiktionary: tae kwon do (page history and authors); taekwondo (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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