heavyweight
English
Etymology
Noun
heavyweight (plural heavyweights)
- A very large, heavy, or impressive person.
- an intellectual heavyweight
- (uncountable) The professional boxing weight class for boxers weighing more than 190 pounds; a boxer in that division.
- (uncountable) A similar division and contestant in other sports.
Derived terms
- junior heavyweight
- light heavyweight
- non-heavyweight, nonheavyweight
- superheavyweight
Translations
large, heavy or impressive person
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Adjective
heavyweight (not comparable)
- Of the heavyweight boxing (or similar) division.
- Being relatively heavy.
- Being a leader in one's field.
- Important or impressive.
- 2016 October 24, Owen Gibson, “Is the unthinkable happening – are people finally switching the football off?”, in The Guardian, London:
- The Olympics, the weather and a comparative lack of heavyweight clashes so far this season have been cited as reasons for the drop in viewers.
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