dogi

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noun

A judo or karate uniform.

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Meanings

dogi1

noundogi (plural dogis or dogi)

plural dogis · alternative dōgi · alternative dougi

  1. USA judo or karate uniform.

    We were standing on the lawn near the pool in our bright white dogis, he with his black belt and I with my white.

    2009, Percival Everett, I Am Not Sidney Poitier, Influx Press, page 30
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    Ninpo is a living art and that means the shidoshi-level teachers are all artists of a very physical nature with their own creative viewpoint being exercised to bring the traditional learnings of the schools into alignment with their own personality and the reality of our times. This means that dogi are sometimes replaced with cammies when people are training in the woods or street clothes when training in town.

    1993, Glenn J. Morris, “A Brief History of Ninjutsu, Ancient and Modern”, in Path Notes of an American Ninja Master, Berkeley, Calif.: Blue Snake Books, →ISBN, page 6

    Synonyms: keikogi

dogi2

noun
  1. pluralplural of doge (“chief magistrate”)

Synonyms & antonyms

nounA judo or karate uniform.

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Origin

dogi · noun

Borrowed from Japanese 道(どう)着(ぎ) (dōgi).

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Translations

Finnish judopuku, judogi
  • judopukujudo or karate uniform
  • judogijudo or karate uniform
  • karatepukujudo or karate uniform
  • karategi (karate)judo or karate uniform

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APA

dogi. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/dogi

MLA

“dogi.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/dogi. Accessed November 3, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “dogi,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/dogi.

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