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heavyweight
[ hev-ee-weyt ]
adjective
- of more than average weight or thickness:
a coat of heavyweight material.
- noting or pertaining to a boxer, wrestler, etc., of the heaviest competitive class, especially a professional boxer weighing more than 175 pounds (79.4 kilograms).
- of or relating to the weight class or division of such boxers:
a heavyweight bout.
- (of a riding horse, especially a hunter) able to carry up to 205 pounds (93 kilograms).
- designating a person, company, nation, or other entity that is extremely powerful, influential, or important:
a team of heavyweight lawyers.
noun
- a person of more than average weight.
- a heavyweight boxer or wrestler.
- a person, company, nation, or other entity that is powerful and influential:
a price hike initiated by the heavyweights in the industry.
heavyweight
/ ˈɛɪˌɱɪ /
noun
- a person or thing that is heavier than average
- a professional boxer weighing more than 175 pounds (79 kg)
- an amateur boxer weighing more than 81 kg (179 pounds)
- ( as modifier )
the world heavyweight championship
- a wrestler in a similar weight category (usually over 214 pounds (97 kg))
- informal.an important or highly influential person
Word History and Origins
Origin of heavyweight1
Example Sentences
He was then involved in another war of words with Charles' son, heavyweight George Fox.
The platform remains – but Liverpool will now go into overdrive this summer, with their recruitment team, under sporting director Richard Hughes, well on with preparations to add heavyweight reinforcements.
The heavyweight division is generally the glamour weight class in boxing, housing the biggest stars and attracting the most attention.
Having swept two-time heavyweight world champion Joshua aside, Dubois now has his sights on felling another of the old guard in the Ukrainian.
Joshua, like Fury, is a two-time heavyweight world champion.
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