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yuko

yuko noun: the score for a throw that lands the opponent on his or her side.

Noun

yuko (plural yukos)

  1. The score for a throw that lands the opponent on his or her side.
    • As with yukos, kokas are not accumulative, so no amount of kokas are deemed equal to or greater than a yuko.2008, Roy Inman, The Judo Handbook, page 25

Proper noun capitalized: Yuko

Yuko

  1. A female given name from Japanese.

Forms of yuko

pluralyukos

Origin of yuko

From Japanese 有効.

Borrowed from Japanese ゆうこ (Yūko), a female given name with many variant kanji spellings.

Questions about yuko

What does yuko mean?
Yuko means the score for a throw that lands the opponent on his or her side.
What part of speech is yuko?
Yuko can be a noun or a proper noun.
What is the plural of yuko?
The plural of yuko is yukos.

Words near yuko in the dictionary

  1. yukkiest
  2. yukkiness
  3. yukking
  4. yukking it up
  5. yukky
  6. yuko
  7. yukola
  8. Yukon
  9. Yukon gold
  10. Yukon golds
  11. Yukon River

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