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Flyweight

noun

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Noun
  1. 1
    A weight that moves outward depending on centrifugal force.
  2. 2
    A weight class division in combat sports, often the lightest. wordnet
  3. 3
    A weight class in many combat sports; e.g. in professional boxing of a maximum of 112 pounds or 50.8 kilograms.
  4. 4
    an amateur boxer who weighs no more than 112 pounds wordnet
  5. 5
    Small, light or unimportant. figuratively

    "The characters of "Sex and the City 2" are flyweight bubbleheads living in a world which rarely requires three sentences in a row."

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  1. 6
    weighs no more than 115 pounds wordnet

Etymology

From fly + weight.

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