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Heavyweight
/hˈɛviwˌeɪt/
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noun
heavyweight
n.
1.
A wrestler who weighs more than 214 pounds.
2.
A boxer who weighs more than 195 pounds.
3.
A very large person.
Synonyms:
giant, hulk.
4.
A person of exceptional importance and reputation.
Synonyms:
colossus, behemoth, giant, titan.
adjective
heavyweight
adj. Heaviest in a category; as,
a heavyweight boxer
.
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Etymology of 'Heavyweight'
Collaborative International Dictionary of English 0.48
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"Heavyweight" Quotes from Famous Books
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Ravenslee as is the sportsman? Goes in for boxing, don't 'e? Very much fancied as a
heavyweight
, ain't 'e? My governor's seen him box and says 'e's a perfect snorter,
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— The Definite Object - A Romance of New York • Jeffery Farnol
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