What is the meaning of lightweight?

noun

  • A professional boxer who weighs between 131 and 135 pounds.
  • Someone who is unimportant but cheeky and presumptuous.
  • An amateur boxer who weighs no more than 132 pounds.
  • A wrestler who weighs 139-154 pounds.

adjective

  • Weighing relatively little compared with another item or object of similar use.
    • usage: "a lightweight fabric"; "lightweight wood"
  • Having no importance or influence.
    • usage: "a lightweight intellect"
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