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   Light·weight

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   noun

   • 1. a weight in boxing and other sports intermediate between featherweight and welterweight. In the amateur boxing scale it ranges from 125 to 132 pounds (57 to 60 kg).
   • ▪ a lightweight boxer or other competitor.
   • 2. a person or thing that is lightly built or constructed.
   • ▪ a person of little importance or influence, especially in a particular sphere: informal "he was regarded as a political lightweight"
   • ▪ a person who gets drunk easily or has a low tolerance to alcohol: informal "I'm a total lightweight so generally I don't drink a whole lot"

   adjective

   • 1. of thin material or build and weighing less than average: "a lightweight gray suit" Similar thinlightflimsyinsubstantialsummeryfeatheryairydelicatefinefloatygauzysheergossamerdiaphanoustransparenttranslucentsee-throughOpposite heavythick
   • 2. containing little serious matter: "the newspaper is lightweight and trivial" Similar trivialinsubstantialtriflingfrothysuperficialshallowunintellectualundemandingfrivolousinsignificantof no accountunimportantof no consequenceinconsequentialminorpaltrypettyslightnegligibleimmaterialof no meritof no valuevaluelessworthlessOpposite profoundheavyweight

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   a boxer who weighs more than a featherweight but less than a welterweight, or this division of boxing weight: He had taken gold as a lightweight at the 1992 Barcelona Olympics. He was the defending world lightweight champion. He stopped the Irish boxer in the 12th round to retain the WBC lightweight title.

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   lightweight meaning: 1. not weighing much: 2. a sportsman such as a boxer who is not in the heaviest weight group. Learn more.

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   being lighter in weight, texture, etc., than another item or object of identical use, quality, or function: a lightweight topcoat; a lightweight alloy for ship construction. without seriousness of purpose; trivial or trifling: lightweight reading.

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   [countable] a person or thing that weighs less than is usual. [countable] (informal, disapproving) a person or thing of little importance or influence. a political lightweight. He's an intellectual lightweight (= he does not think very deeply or seriously). See lightweight in the Oxford Advanced American Dictionary.

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   1. Something that is lightweight weighs less than most other things of the same type. [...] 2. Lightweight is a category in some sports, such as boxing, judo, or rowing, based on the weight of the athlete. [...] 2. A lightweight is a person who is in the lightweight category in a particular sport. [...]