(wā'ĭn')
n.
An official weighing of the participants in an athletic contest, such as in a boxing or wrestling match, in order to ensure that they weigh within the limits stipulated for the event.
| Dictionary: weigh-in |
| Idioms: weigh in |
Be weighed; also, be of a particular weight. For example, Because it was such a small plane, the passengers and their luggage had to weigh in before takeoff, or The fish weighed in at 18 pounds. [Late 1800s]
| up-anchor | |
| weigh | |
| lighten |
| If you weigh 79 what will you weigh on neptune? Read answer... | |
| If a seashell weighs 18 ounces and a rock weighs 1 pound which weighs more? Read answer... | |
| How do you weigh mercury? Read answer... |
| Is there a weighing machine that weighs how much all of your muscles weigh? | |
| A substance weighs 2Kg When dipped in water it weighs 1Kg and when burnt it weighs 3Kg? | |
| Function of weigh? |
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