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   Light·weight

   /ˈlītˌwāt/

   

   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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   What does lightweight mean?

   • Get Word of the Day daily email! The meaning of LIGHTWEIGHT is one of less than average weight; specifically : a boxer in a weight division having a maximum limit of 135 pounds for professionals and 132 pounds for amateurs. How to use lightweight in a sentence.

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   • Light in weight. Of lightweights. Having no significance or influence. A lightweight intellect. He wasn't a lightweight either. For instance, you may manufacture widgets from lightweight plastic. Hoisting the lightweight bike to his shoulders, he walked to the paved Main Street before mounting.

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   What does it mean if an object is lightweight?

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   What is a lightweight in sports?

   • Lightweight is a category in some sports, such as boxing, judo, or rowing, based on the weight of the athlete . By the age of sixteen he was the junior lightweight champion of Poland. He changed from lightweight (under 71kg) to light middleweight (under 78kg). A lightweight is a person who is in the lightweight category in a particular sport.

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   noun. a person of less than average weight. Informal. a person who is of little influence, importance, or effect. a boxer or other contestant intermediate in weight between a featherweight, and a welterweight, especially a professional boxer weighing between 126 and 135 pounds (56.7–61 kilograms). lightweight.

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   adjective. weighing relatively little compared with another item or object of similar use. “a lightweight fabric”. “ lightweight wood”. synonyms: light. of comparatively little physical weight or density. noun. a professional boxer who weighs between 131 and 135 pounds.

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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. [...] 3.