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Dictionary: light·weight   (līt'wāt') pronunciation
 
n.
  1. One that weighs relatively little or less than average.
    1. A weight division in professional boxing having an upper limit of 135 pounds (60.7 kilograms), between junior lightweight and junior welterweight.
    2. A boxer competing in this weight division.
    3. A similar weight division in other sports, such as weightlifting.
    4. A contestant in this weight division.
  2. A person of little ability, intelligence, influence, or importance.
adj.
  1. Weighing relatively little; not heavy: lightweight clothing; a lightweight wood.
  2. Sports. Of, relating to, or characteristic of a lightweight: the lightweight title.
  3. Having no significance or influence: a lightweight intellect.

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Thesaurus: lightweight
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adjective

    Having little weight; not heavy: light2, weightless. Idioms: light as a feather. See heavy/light.

 
Antonyms: lightweight
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adj

Definition: inconsequential
Antonyms: big, consequential, heavyweight, important, major, profound


 
Hacker Slang: lightweight
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Opposite of heavyweight; usually found in combining forms such as lightweight process.


 
Wikipedia: Lightweight
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The word lightweight usually refers to a class of athletes in a particular sport, based on their weight. It is also a slang term, indicating insignificance or ineptitude, for example having a low tolerance for liquor. It can be used as a synonym for "kind of." It may also be used to describe something as being small or not having a lot of features, such as a lightweight cell phone. This can be confusing because it could either mean the cell phone is not heavy, or it doesn't have a lot of features. Better terms for this scenario are "featherweight" and "barebones" respectively.

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Professional boxing

The lightweight is the 130 pounds (59 kilograms) to 135 pounds (61 kilograms) weight class in the sport of boxing. In England, it equates to the weight bracket of 9 st 4 lb - 9 st 9 lb.

Notable lightweight boxers includes Bummy Davis, Benny Leonard, Henry Armstrong, Joe Gans, Tony Canzoneri, Carlos Ortiz, Ike Williams, Ken Buchanan, Roberto Duran, Alexis Arguello, Amir Khan, Ray Mancini, Hector Camacho, Julio César Chávez, Pernell Whitaker, Miguel Angel Gonzalez, Oscar De La Hoya, Sugar Shane Mosley, Floyd Mayweather Jr., Diego Corrales, Joel Casamayor, Juan Manuel Marquez and Manny Pacquiao.

Professional Champions

Amateur Champions

Olympic Champions

Pan American Champions

Kickboxing Lightweight

Women's divisions also use this weight class, but usually at a much lower weight than the men's divisions.

Rowing

Lightweight rowing was a category entered into the Olympic sport, originally due to countries of smaller stature competing with an unfair disadvantage, as rowing favors the taller athlete who has more leverage.


 
Translations: Lightweight
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Dansk (Danish)
n. - letvægter, undermåler
adj. - letvægts-, let

Nederlands (Dutch)
lichtgewicht, van weinig belang, lichtgewicht-

Français (French)
n. - (Sport) poids léger, (fig) personne médiocre (péj)
adj. - léger, (Sport) de/des poids légers, (fig) médiocre, léger (qch)

Deutsch (German)
n. - Leichtgewicht, Leichtgewichtler
adj. - leicht, Leichtgewichts-

Ελληνική (Greek)
n. - πυγμάχος ελαφρών βαρών
adj. - ελαφρός, ελαφρών βαρών, (μτφ.) ασήμαντος

Italiano (Italian)
peso leggero, leggero

Português (Portuguese)
n. - peso-leve (m) (categoria do boxe) (Desp.)
adj. - de peso leve

Русский (Russian)
человек ниже среднего веса, несерьезный человек, легкий вес

Español (Spanish)
n. - peso ligero
adj. - ligero, de poco peso

Svenska (Swedish)
n. - (isht. sport) lättvikt, lättviktare
adj. - (attr.) lättvikts-, lätt

中文(简体)(Chinese (Simplified))
轻量级选手, 不能胜任者, 轻量级的, 无足轻重的, 不足取的, 轻量的

中文(繁體)(Chinese (Traditional))
n. - 羽量級選手, 不能勝任者
adj. - 羽量級的, 無足輕重的, 不足取的, 輕量的

한국어 (Korean)
n. - 표준중량 이하의 사람, 라이트급 선수, 멍청이
adj. - 가벼운, 시시한, 라이트급의

日本語 (Japanese)
adj. - 軽量の, ライト級の, 取るに足らない
n. - 標準重量以下のもの, ライト級の選手, 取るに足らない人

العربيه (Arabic)
‏(الاسم) شخص دون المتوسط وزنا, ملاكم من الوزن الخفيف, شخص ضئيل الشأن أو المقدرة (صفه) متعلق بملاكم من الوزن الخفيف, دون المتوسط وزنا, غير هام‏

עברית (Hebrew)
n. - ‮משקל קל, מתאגרף השוקל 75-06 ק"ג‬
adj. - ‮שוקל מתחת לממוצע, קל, חסר-חשיבות, חסר-השפעה‬


 
 

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