Noun

(en noun)

(nonstandard, proscribed) A compliment or praise.

* 1929 February 18, "Harkness Lampooned"^{[http://www.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,737434,00.html]}, in Time ,

Tycoon George Fisher Baker built Harvard's Business School in 1924, was given a kudo Ph.D.

* {{quote-book, 2001, Terry T. Lankford et al., Controlling Pilot Error: Controlled Flight Into Terrain citation

, passage=At this point we need to give this pilot a kudo .}}

* {{quote-book, 2004, Suzanne Paola, Tell It Slant: Writing and Shaping Creative Nonfiction citation

, passage=We still feel a kudo' for one of us is a ' kudo for the group, as we have nurtured, edited, and prodded each other for much of our writing careers.}}

Noun

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An Okinawan martial art involving primarily punching and kicking, but additionally, advanced throws, arm bars, grappling and all means of fighting.