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LIGHTWEIGHT

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• LIGHTWEIGHT (noun)
The noun LIGHTWEIGHT has 4 senses:

1. a professional boxer who weighs between 131 and 135 pounds
2. someone who is unimportant but cheeky and presumptuous
3. an amateur boxer who weighs no more than 132 pounds
4. a wrestler who weighs 139-154 pounds

Familiarity information: LIGHTWEIGHT used as a noun is uncommon.

• LIGHTWEIGHT (adjective)
The adjective LIGHTWEIGHT has 1 sense:

1. having no importance or influence

Familiarity information: LIGHTWEIGHT used as an adjective is very rare.

• LIGHTWEIGHT (noun)

Sense 1

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Meaning:

A professional boxer who weighs between 131 and 135 pounds

Classified under:

Nouns denoting people

Hypernyms ("lightweight" is a kind of...):

gladiator; prizefighter (a professional boxer)

Sense 2

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Meaning:

Someone who is unimportant but cheeky and presumptuous

Classified under:

Nouns denoting people

Synonyms:

jackanapes; whippersnapper; lightweight

Hypernyms ("lightweight" is a kind of...):

cipher; cypher; nobody; nonentity (a person of no influence)

Sense 3

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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

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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)

• LIGHTWEIGHT (adjective)

Sense 1

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Meaning:

Having no importance or influence

Context example:

a lightweight intellect

Similar:

unimportant (not important)

"Make hay while the sun shines."
(English proverb)
"A fish cannot live without water."
(Albanian proverb)
"The sun won't stay behind the cloud."
(Armenian proverb)
"He who digs a pit for another falls into it himself."
(Czech proverb)

Useful links:
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Meaning of nonentity
Meaning of grappler
Meaning of matman
Pronunciation of wrestler

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