lightweight has definitions from the field of boxing
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[ adjective ] having relatively little weight

Examples

"lightweight fabrics"

Used in print

(Irving Stone, The Agony and the Ecstasy....)

He improvised as he went_along , completing a life-size clay figure , then bought yards of an inexpensive material from a draper , wet the lightweight cloth in a basin and covered it over with clay that Argiento brought from the bank of the Tiber , to the consistency of thick mud .

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light

2
[ noun ] (boxing) a professional boxer who weighs between 131 and 135 pounds

Used in print

(Rocky Mountains News, [Denver, Colorado],...)

Kenny_Lane of Muskegon , Mich. , world 's seventh ranked lightweight , had little trouble in taking a unanimous decision over Rip_Randall of Tyler , Tex. , here Monday night .

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boxer prizefighter

3
[ adjective ] (boxing) of a weight class of 126-135 lbs for boxers

Examples

"the lightweight title"

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light

4
[ noun ] someone who is unimportant but cheeky and presumptuous

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cipher

5
[ adjective ] having no importance or influence

Examples

"a lightweight intellect"

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unimportant

6
[ noun ] (boxing) an amateur boxer who weighs no more than 132 pounds

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boxer

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[ noun ] a wrestler who weighs 139-154 pounds

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wrestler

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