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weighing relatively little compared with another item or object of similar use

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  1. adj. weighing relatively little compared with another item or object of similar use
  2. adj. having no importance or influence
  3. n. a professional boxer who weighs between 131 and 135 pounds
  4. n. someone who is unimportant but cheeky and presumptuous
  5. n. an amateur boxer who weighs no more than 132 pounds
  6. n. a wrestler who weighs 139-154 pounds
  7. n. A class="def-link" href="https://vividlex.com/word/weight">weight class division in combat sports, for fighters heavier than those in the featherweight division and lighter than those in the welterweight division.
  8. (a) In boxing, wrestling, etc., one weighingnot more than 133 pounds (U. S. amateur rules 135 pounds, Eng. 140 pounds). (b) A person of small impotance or mental ability. [Colloq., Chiefly U. S.] Light in weight, as a coin; specif., applied to a man or animal who is a lightweight.
  9. Light in weight, as a coin; specif., applied to a man or animalwho is a lightweight.
  10. j:73/n:27 n. a professional boxer who weighs between 131 and 135 pounds n. an amateur boxer who weighs no more than 132 pounds n. a wrestler who weighs 139-154 pounds s. weighing relatively little compared with another item or object of similar use