lightweight
being lighter in weight, texture, etc., than another item or object of identical use, quality, or function: a lightweight topcoat;a lightweight alloy for ship construction.
without seriousness of purpose; trivial or trifling: lightweight reading.
of or relating to a lightweight: He's the new lightweight contender.
(of a horse, especially a hunter) able to carry up to 165 pounds (75 kilograms).
a person of less than average weight.
Informal. a person who is of little influence, importance, or effect.
a boxer or other contestant intermediate in weight between a featherweight, and a welterweight, especially a professional boxer weighing between 126 and 135 pounds (56.7–61 kilograms).
Origin of lightweight
1Other words from lightweight
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How to use lightweight in a sentence
With Gear 2, Gear Neo, and Gear Fit, Samsung is pushing lightweight hardware with long-lasting battery life.
Gates paints Reid as a lightweight more interested in Nevada issues than the defense of the nation.
Reid: Gates ‘Unethically’ Gossiped and Published Memoir to ‘Make Money’ | John L. Smith | January 23, 2014 | THE DAILY BEASTHe might have been considered a lightweight, but even if he didn't ask the tough questions, everybody watched him.
The Deaths You Missed This Year | Malcolm Jones, Jimmy So, Michael Moynihan, Caitlin Dickson | December 30, 2013 | THE DAILY BEASTWhen the Undetectable Firearms Act passed in 1988, gun manufacturers had begun using lightweight polymer in handguns.
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You do have a recollection that those rods were a very lightweight metal?
Warren Commission (3 of 26): Hearings Vol. III (of 15) | The President's Commission on the Assassination of President KennedyLight as a lightweight acrobat Ahmet Ali had rolled aside, put palm to ground, sprung to his feet.
The Wind Bloweth | Brian Oswald Donn-ByrneFor his one chance was in his youth and the method he had learned from the lightweight champion of the world.
A Soldier of the Legion | C. N. WilliamsonIn lightweight circles, at any rate, old-fashioned proprieties are still effective.
Pieces of Hate | Heywood BrounI never saw anything prettier than the way Bert flung him back as though he had been a lightweight.
Bert Wilson on the Gridiron | J. W. Duffield
British Dictionary definitions for lightweight
/ (ˈlaɪtˌweɪt) /
of a relatively light weight
not serious; trivial
a person or animal of a relatively light weight
a professional boxer weighing 130–135 pounds (59–61 kg)
an amateur boxer weighing 57–60 kg (126–132 pounds)
(as modifier): the lightweight contender
a wrestler in a similar weight category (usually 115–126 pounds (52–57 kg))
informal a person of little importance or influence
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