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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
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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
˜yÐÄvlog History and Origins
Origin of heavyweight1
Example Sentences
The event's current heavyweights represent four of the nine fastest men in history over the distance, but Nuguse is the only one yet to get his hands on gold.
Boxing great George Foreman, heavyweight champion who fought Muhammad Ali in the epic ‘Rumble in the Jungle’ before becoming an entrepreneur, dies at 76.
That, presumably, will include an extended run in the Champions League - Villa have been paired with French heavyweights Paris St-Germain in the quarter-finals - as well as the FA Cup.
His brother, Thomas, was a star football player at Venice, went to the Air Force Academy, gave up the sport, became a boxer and recently won the academy’s heavyweight title.
Suffice to say, boxing will not get the same buzz from Tyson Fury, even if the heavyweights still command the most public attention.
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