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A boxer who weighs no more than 135 pounds
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lightweight
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Wikipedia
Word definitions in Wikipedia
Lightweight may refer to: Lightweight , a boxing weight class Lightweight (MMA) , a mixed martial arts division a thread (computer science) Light-weight process Light Weight Kernel Threads Land Rover 1/2 ton Lightweight , a British military vehicle supplied ...
The Collaborative International Dictionary
Word definitions in The Collaborative International Dictionary
Lightweight \Light"weight`\ (l[imac]t"w[=a]t`), n. One of less than average weight; specif.: In boxing, wrestling, etc., one weighing not more than 133 pounds (U. S. amateur rules 135 pounds, Eng. 140 pounds). [WordNet sense 1] 2. A person of small importance ...
Douglas Harper's Etymology Dictionary
Word definitions in Douglas Harper's Etymology Dictionary
also light-weight , 1773 in horse-racing, also in pugilism; from light (adj.1) + weight . Figurative sense of "inconsequential" first attested 1809.
Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
Word definitions in Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
I. noun EXAMPLES FROM OTHER ENTRIES ▪ a political lightweight ▪ Call me a lightweight , but I like movies with happy endings. ▪ His books are tremendously popular, but most of the critics regard him as a lightweight . ▪ It would be dangerous to dismiss ...
Usage examples of lightweight.
When the larvae are ready to pupate, the platens are placed in lightweight plastic boxes, three platens, or six thousand bees, to a box, in a colour-coded storage area.
Maura already knew, a bullboat was a small, round, lightweight vessel made from the stretched hide of a buffalo bull.
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Some were more lightweight, others formfitting and sleek, but this antique was made of heavy steel with several deep dents, showing it was protection against large-caliber rounds.
Lydis was flying a heavy-duty space tuga comet chaserinstead of one of the lightweight interbranch shuttles.
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Joanna changed into a skirt, blouse, and lightweight microfiber jacket.
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He wore lightweight coveralls, borrowed plimsoles, and was no longer handcuffed.
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She had dressed in a banana-yellow, short-sleeve, lightweight, stretchy-clingy knit sweater, white jeans tailored to prove that the big-ass curse plaguing her family had not yet resized her buttocks from cantaloupes to prize-winning pumpkins, and white athletic shoes with yellow laces to match the sweater.
Next he used lightweight pumice stones to refine the surface and expose fresh, sparkling crystals, running his fingers over the surface to feel the new silklike texture.
Even though the sky was overcast and the air cold, he had not bothered to put on a coat, and his lightweight suit, with its unpadded shoulders, made him look even taller than he was.
Inside, wrapped in muslin, lay a vestlike garment, lightweight, soft green in color.