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Lightweight

Lightweight Definition And Meaning
What's The Definition Of Lightweight? [n] a boxer who weighs no more than 135 pounds [n] a wrestler who weighs 139-154 pounds [n] someone who is unimportant but cheeky and presumptuous [adj] having relatively little weight; "lightweight fabrics" [adj] of a weight class of 126-135 lbs for boxers; "the lightweight title" [adj] having no importance or influence; "a lightweight intellect" Synonyms \| Synonyms for Lightweight: jackanapes \| light \| unimportant \| whippersnapper Related Terms \| Find terms related to Lightweight: a nobody \| a nothing \| baby \| bantam \| bantamweight \| banty \| big baby \| black belt \| block \| Boeotian \| boxer \| breakable \| brittle \| brown belt \| bruiser \| button \| catchweight \| cheap-jack \| chicken \| Chinese boxer \| chit \| cipher \| clod \| cobwebby \| cog \| common man \| commonality \| commonalty \| creature \| crumbly \| crybaby \| dainty \| delicate \| delicately weak \| diminutive \| dimwit \| dolt \| donkey \| doormat \| dope \| dull tool \| dullard \| dumb cluck \| dumbbell \| dummy \| dunce \| effeminate \| featherweight \| fighter \| figurehead \| fingerling \| fisticuffer \| flimsy \| flunky \| flyweight \| follower \| forceless \| fragile \| frail \| frangible \| gimcrack \| gimcracky \| gossamery \| gowk \| gutless wonder \| heavyweight \| hoi polloi \| imponderous \| impotent \| ineffective \| ineffectual \| inefficacious \| inferior \| insignificancy \| invertebrate \| jackstraw \| jellyfish \| jerry \| jerry-built \| jobbernowl \| junior \| karate expert \| lackwit \| lamebrain \| light \| light heavyweight \| little fellow \| little guy \| looby \| loon \| lower class \| lower orders \| man of straw \| masses \| mediocrity \| meek soul \| middleweight \| milksop \| Milquetoast \| mini \| minikin \| minnow \| minny \| mollycoddle \| mouse \| namby-pamby \| nebbish \| niais \| nincompoop \| ninny \| ninnyhammer \| nitwit \| no-account \| nobody one knows \| noddy \| nonentity \| nubbin \| obscurity \| of no account \| palooka \| pansy \| pantywaist \| papery \| pasteboardy \| pawn \| peewee \| pip-squeak \| pony \| powerless \| prizefighter \| pug \| pugilist \| punk \| puny \| pushover \| put \| runt \| sad sack \| savate expert \| scrub \| second fiddle \| secondary \| shattery \| shrimp \| sissified \| sissy \| sleazy \| slight \| slip \| small fry \| small potato \| small potatoes \| snip \| snippet \| softling \| softy \| sop \| sparrer \| squirt \| squit \| stupid \| subaltern \| subordinate \| tacky \| thickwit \| third stringer \| tit \| unauthoritative \| underling \| understrapper \| underweight \| unheavy \| unsubstantial \| wart \| weak \| weak sister \| weakling \| weightless \| welterweight \| whiffet \| whippersnapper \| wisp \| wispy \| without any weight \| witling \| womanish \| yes-man See Also \| boxer \| cipher \| cypher \| grappler \| matman \| nobody \| nonentity \| pugilist \| wrestler Lightweight In Webster's Dictionary \Light"weight`\, n. One of less than average weight; specif.: (a) In boxing, wrestling, etc., one weighingnot more than 133 pounds (U. S. amateur rules 135 pounds, Eng. 140 pounds). (b) A person of small impotance or mental ability. [Colloq., Chiefly U. S.] \Light"weight`\, a. Light in weight, as a coin; specif., applied to a man or animal who is a lightweight.

Lightweight Definition And Meaning

What's The Definition Of Lightweight?

[n] a boxer who weighs no more than 135 pounds
[n] a wrestler who weighs 139-154 pounds
[n] someone who is unimportant but cheeky and presumptuous
[adj] having relatively little weight; "lightweight fabrics"
[adj] of a weight class of 126-135 lbs for boxers; "the lightweight title"
[adj] having no importance or influence; "a lightweight intellect"

Synonyms | Synonyms for Lightweight: jackanapes | light | unimportant | whippersnapper

Lightweight In Webster's Dictionary

\Light"weight`\, n.
One of less than average weight; specif.:
(a) In boxing, wrestling, etc., one weighingnot more than 133
    pounds (U. S. amateur rules 135 pounds, Eng. 140 pounds).
(b) A person of small impotance or mental ability. [Colloq.,
    Chiefly U. S.]


\Light"weight`\, a.
Light in weight, as a coin; specif., applied to a man or
animal who is a lightweight.

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