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Someone who is unimportant but cheeky and presumptuous
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lightweight
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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.
Wikipedia
Word definitions in Wikipedia
Lightweight is a weight class in the sports of boxing , kickboxing , mixed martial arts , and rowing .
The Collaborative International Dictionary
Word definitions in The Collaborative International Dictionary
Lightweight \Light"weight`\, a. Light in weight, as a coin; specif., applied to a man or animal who is a lightweight. made of thin cloth, of relatively little weight; -- of clothing or fabrics; as, lightweight fabrics. [WordNet sense 1]
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 ...
Wiktionary
Word definitions in Wiktionary
a. 1 Lacking in earnestness, ability, or profundity 2 Having less than average weight 3 Lacking in strength n. 1 (context boxing English) A boxer in a weight division having a maximum limit of 135 pounds for professionals and 132 pounds for amateurs. 2 ...
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.
Robes and skins were destined to become clothing, blankets, shields, or lightweight bullboats for traversing the rivers.
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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She covered it with her one luxury, a lightweight black microfiber coat that was warm against the unseasonably cool autumn winds.
Joanna changed into a skirt, blouse, and lightweight microfiber jacket.
The mochila slipped over the special lightweight saddle we used and could be changed quickly when we traded mounts.
He wore lightweight coveralls, borrowed plimsoles, and was no longer handcuffed.
New, super-deluxe, jumbo, handy, portable, lightweight, convenient, collapsible, prewrapped, easy to use, guaranteed, available in all sizes in designer colors.
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.