Flyweight

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Definitions and meanings of "Flyweight"

What do we mean by flyweight?

A weight division in professional boxing having an upper limit of 112 pounds (50.4 kilograms), between junior flyweight and junior bantamweight. noun

A boxer competing in this weight division. noun

A similar weight division in other sports, such as weightlifting. noun

A contestant in this weight division. noun

Something that is particularly small, light, or inconsequential. noun

A weight that moves outward depending on centrifugal force. noun

A weight division of professional boxing between junior flyweight and junior bantamweight; a boxer in this division noun

A similar division and contestant in wrestling noun

Small, light or unimportant noun

Weighs no more than 115 pounds noun

An amateur boxer who weighs no more than 112 pounds noun

A weight that moves outward depending on centrifugal force.

A weight class in many combat sports; e.g. in professional boxing of a maximum of 112 pounds or 50.8 kilograms.

(adjectival use) Small, light or unimportant.

Synonyms and Antonyms for Flyweight

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The word "flyweight" in example sentences

Labrada finished second at the 2003 world championships in flyweight, while Yague won the finweight division. ❋ Unknown (2005)

But, although Warren has an engaging presence and a flyweight dynamism, he cannot overcome the contradictions of a script that require him to be both impish devil and noble redeemer. ❋ Unknown (2011)

Rossano was crafty and shrewd with the footwork of a flyweight and a rapid-fire jab that always seemed to find its mark. ❋ Nelson Montana (2011)

•At Buenos Aires — Omar Narvaez (31-0-2) vs. Jesus Jimenez (27-5) 12 rounds for WBO flyweight title. ❋ Unknown (2010)

Big enogh to carry it, to much of a flyweight to pull back a bow. ❋ Unknown (2010)

Time thus throws its flyweight avoir du poids on the side of the political class in the lengthy finger-pointing and buck-passing contest between the politicians and the financial community about whose responsibility the crisis was. ❋ Conrad Black (2012)

Schutzstaffel (SS) tried to set up a fight between him, a tiny flyweight fellow, and a tall dying guy, whom they hoped he’d kill with one blow. ❋ Unknown (2010)

The enduring mystery is how he has managed to win titles in a record eight weight classes, from flyweight (112-pound limit) to light-middleweight (154-pound limit). ❋ Gordon Marino (2011)

So if this flyweight can handle this cartridge anyone can!! ❋ Unknown (2010)

Iran's Hossein Rezazadeh clean-and-jerked 263.5kg – that's the approximate weight of five flyweight boxersCompetition dates28 July-7 AugustTicket prices£20-£175You can apply for Olympic tickets until 26 April. ❋ Unknown (2011)

Marc Warren as Luke is an engaging presence and has a flyweight dynamism. ❋ Unknown (2011)

At the Theater at Madison Square Garden, New York (Fox Sports Net) — Ivan Calderon (33-0-1) vs. Jesus Iribe (17-6-4), 12 rounds, for Ring/WBO junior flyweight title. ❋ Unknown (2010)

Barely five minutes in, Will is already choking on an airless script and bumping desperately off its flyweight supporting players and not even a gurning Kenny Dalglish – playing the scariest-looking fairy godmother you ever did see – can wave his wand and make it right. ❋ Unknown (2011)

As a result there is a flyweight called Kwanpichit 13 Rien Express in honour of a Bangkok restaurant, while an unbeaten southpaw super-flyweight has been variously known as Samson Toyota-Thailand, Samson 3-K Battery and Samson Dutch Boy Gym according to who was stumping up the cash at the time. ❋ Unknown (2011)

The only boxer to have won world titles in eight different divisions, moving up from flyweight to light middleweight, which are separated by 42 pounds, Pacquiao is without peer. ❋ Unknown (2011)

*** Douglas Carter Beane's brand of flyweight camp is not to all tastes, but plenty of people flipped over "Xanadu," and those unpicky folk are more than welcome to revel in "Lysistrata Jones," in which Aristophanes' classic comedy is turned into a spoofy-woofy college musical about an inept basketball team whose players are galvanized into action when their girlfriends vow not to sleep with them until they win a game. ❋ Terry Teachout (2011)

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