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lightweight Definition


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lightweight
adj
    1. Light in weight.
    2. derog
      Having little importance or authority.
      Thesaurus: unimportant, trivial, inconsequential, insignificant, trifling, negligible, petty, paltry; Antonym: weighty, serious.
    3. Belonging to or relating to the lightweight class of boxing, etc.
noun
    1. A person or thing of little physical weight.
    2. derog
      A person or thing having little importance or authority.
    3. A class for boxers, wrestlers and weight-lifters of not more than a specified weight (61.2kg (135lb) in professional boxing, different but similar weights in amateur boxing and the other sports).
    4. A boxer, etc of this class.


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