Superheavyweight

adj, noun

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Definitions

Noun
  1. 1
    A boxer of the superheavyweight class.
  2. 2
    Someone or something that is extremely heavy or hefty.

    "All around him was a human traffic jam, but this superheavyweight, so massive (get a load of that head!) and so easy to adore, was surrounded by a bunch of smitten fans reaching out to pet him, to touch his enormous paws and to receive his sloppy licks."

Adjective
  1. 1
    Of or pertaining to the weight class for boxers exceeding 91 kilograms in body weight. not-comparable

    "Near-synonym: superheavy"

Synonyms

All synonyms
superheavysuperheavy

Example

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"All around him was a human traffic jam, but this superheavyweight, so massive (get a load of that head!) and so easy to adore, was surrounded by a bunch of smitten fans reaching out to pet him, to touch his enormous paws and to receive his sloppy licks."

Etymology

From super- + heavyweight.

Related phrases

weight class

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