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LIGHTWEIGHT
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I. (noun)
Sense 1
Meaning:
A professional boxer who weighs between 131 and 135 pounds
Classified under:
Hypernyms ("lightweight" is a kind of...):
gladiator; prizefighter (a professional boxer)
Sense 2
Meaning:
A wrestler who weighs 139-154 pounds
Classified under:
Nouns denoting people
Hypernyms ("lightweight" is a kind of...):
grappler; matman; wrestler (combatant who tries to throw opponent to the ground)
Sense 3
Meaning:
An amateur boxer who weighs no more than 132 pounds
Classified under:
Nouns denoting people
Hypernyms ("lightweight" is a kind of...):
boxer; pugilist (someone who fights with his fists for sport)
Sense 4
Meaning:
Someone who is unimportant but cheeky and presumptuous
Synonyms:
jackanapes; lightweight; whippersnapper
Classified under:
Nouns denoting people
Hypernyms ("lightweight" is a kind of...):
cipher; cypher; nobody; nonentity (a person of no influence)
Derivation:
lightweight (having no importance or influence)
II. (adjective)
Sense 1
Meaning:
Weighing relatively little compared with another item or object of similar use
Example:
lightweight wood
Classified under:
Similar:
light (of comparatively little physical weight or density)
Sense 2
Meaning:
Having no importance or influence
Example:
a lightweight intellect
Classified under:
Similar:
unimportant (not important)
Derivation:
lightweight (someone who is unimportant but cheeky and presumptuous)
