1. lightweight(n = noun.person) - a professional boxer who weighs between 131 and 135 pounds;
is a kind of gladiator, prizefighter
2. lightweight(n = noun.person) jackanapes, whippersnapper - someone who is unimportant but cheeky and presumptuous;
is a kind of cipher, cypher, nobody, nonentity
Derived form adjective lightweight2
3. lightweight(n = noun.person) - an amateur boxer who weighs no more than 132 pounds;
is a kind of boxer, pugilist
4. lightweight(n = noun.person) - a wrestler who weighs 139-154 pounds;
is a kind of grappler, matman, wrestler
1. lightweight(s = adj.all) - weighing relatively little compared with another item or object of similar use; "a lightweight fabric"; "lightweight wood"
2. lightweight(s = adj.all) - having no importance or influence; "a lightweight intellect"
Derived form noun lightweight2
1. One of less than average weight; [Webster 1913 Suppl.]
2. A person of small importance or mental ability, especially one who is unimportant but cheeky and presumptuous. [Webster 1913 Suppl.]
3. a wrestler who weighs 139-154 pounds. [WordNet 1.5]
1. Light in weight, as a coin; specif., applied to a man or animal who is a lightweight. [Webster 1913 Suppl.]
2. made of thin cloth, of relatively little weight; -- of clothing or fabrics; as, lightweight fabrics. [WordNet 1.5]
lightweight, adj. & n.
--adj.
1 (of a person, animal, garment, etc.) of below average weight.
2 of little importance or influence.
--n.
1 a lightweight person, animal, or thing.
2 a a weight in certain sports intermediate between featherweight and welterweight, in the amateur boxing scale 57-60 kg but differing for professionals, wrestlers, and weightlifters. b a sportsman of this weight.
Idiom:
junior lightweight
1 a weight in professional boxing of 57.1-59 kg.
2 a professional boxer of this weight.