cruiserweight
[ kroo-zer-weyt ]
/ ˈkru zərˌweɪt /
noun British.
a light-heavyweight boxer.
Nearby words
- cruise,
- cruise control,
- cruise missile,
- cruise ship,
- cruiser,
- cruiseway,
- cruising radius,
- cruizie,
- cruller,
- crumb
Origin of cruiserweight
First recorded in 1915–20; so called by metaphor, since a cruiser is the second heaviest naval ship
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cruiserweight
/ (ˈkruːzəˌweɪt) /
noun
boxing another term (esp Brit) for light heavyweight
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