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Lightweight   /lˈaɪtwˈeɪt/   Listen
Lightweight

noun
1.
A professional boxer who weighs between 131 and 135 pounds.
2.
Someone who is unimportant but cheeky and presumptuous.  Synonyms: jackanapes, whippersnapper.
3.
An amateur boxer who weighs no more than 132 pounds.
4.
A wrestler who weighs 139-154 pounds.



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"Lightweight" Quotes from Famous Books



... found this a very successful line of action. Kennedy and he had never had the gloves on together. In the competition of the previous year both had entered in their respective classes, Kennedy as a lightweight, Walton in the middles, and both, after reaching the semi-final, had been defeated by the narrowest of margins by men who had since left the school. That had been in the previous Easter term, and, while Walton had remained much the same ...
— The Head of Kay's • P. G. Wodehouse
... this matter is settled, don't hesitate to command me. I know that I'm not generally credited with much serious purpose; but even the lightweight feels things—sometimes." ...
— Ashton-Kirk, Investigator • John T. McIntyre


Words linked to "Lightweight" :   cipher, nonentity, wrestler, light, cypher, nobody, gladiator, unimportant, pugilist, grappler, matman, boxer, whippersnapper, prizefighter


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