heavyweight

[ hev-ee-weyt ]
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adjective
  1. of more than average weight or thickness: a coat of heavyweight material.

  1. 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).

  2. of or relating to the weight class or division of such boxers: a heavyweight bout.

  3. (of a riding horse, especially a hunter) able to carry up to 205 pounds (93 kilograms).

  4. designating a person, company, nation, or other entity that is extremely powerful, influential, or important: a team of heavyweight lawyers.

noun
  1. a person of more than average weight.

  2. a heavyweight boxer or wrestler.

  1. a person, company, nation, or other entity that is powerful and influential: a price hike initiated by the heavyweights in the industry.

Origin of heavyweight

1
First recorded in 1850–55; heavy + weight

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British Dictionary definitions for heavyweight

heavyweight

/ (ˈhɛvɪˌweɪt) /


noun
  1. 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

  1. a wrestler in a similar weight category (usually over 214 pounds (97 kg))

  2. informal an important or highly influential person

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