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Lightweight   Listen
noun
Lightweight  n.  
1.
One of less than average weight; specif.: In boxing, wrestling, etc., one weighing not more than 133 pounds (U. S. amateur rules 135 pounds, Eng. 140 pounds).
2.
A person of small importance or mental ability, especially one who is unimportant but cheeky and presumptuous. (Colloq., Chiefly U. S.)
Synonyms: whippersnapper, jackanapes.
3.
A wrestler who weighs 139-154 pounds.





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"Lightweight" Quotes from Famous Books



... for a place where several drives intersected, and there he waited. He had a feeling that the faster and the farther he galloped the better he should be, and so he was chafing to be off. His mare, too, was in the height of fettle and one of the fastest goers in the county. Wat was a splendid lightweight rider—under ten stone with his saddle—and the mare was a powerful creature, all quarters and shoulders, fit to carry a lifeguardsman; and so it was no wonder that there was hardly a man in the field who could hope to stay with him. There he waited and listened to the shouting of the huntsman ...
— The Green Flag • Arthur Conan Doyle
... foulard Lightweight twill or plain-woven fabric of silk or silk and cotton, often having a small printed design. Necktie or scarf, made of ...
— Mother's Remedies - Over One Thousand Tried and Tested Remedies from Mothers - of the United States and Canada • T. J. Ritter
... in the same direction. He grasped the leather and then, with a kick, he freed himself from the bicycle, giving it a shove to one side. He was now clinging to the reins with both hands, and, being a muscular lad and no lightweight, his bulk told. ...
— Tom Swift and his Motor-cycle • Victor Appleton


Words linked to "Lightweight" :   cipher, grappler, gladiator, nonentity, boxer, whippersnapper, jackanapes, cypher, junior lightweight, matman


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