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Heavyweight   /hˈɛviwˌeɪt/   Listen
Heavyweight

noun
1.
An amateur boxer who weighs no more than 201 pounds.
2.
A wrestler who weighs more than 214 pounds.
3.
A professional boxer who weighs more than 190 pounds.
4.
A very large person; impressive in size or qualities.  Synonyms: giant, hulk, whale.
5.
A person of exceptional importance and reputation.  Synonyms: behemoth, colossus, giant, titan.



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"Heavyweight" Quotes from Famous Books



... In lifting a heavyweight, as in nursing the sick, the relief is immediate from all straining in the back, by pressing hard with the feet on the floor and thinking the power of lifting in the legs. There is true economy of nervous ...
— Power Through Repose • Annie Payson Call


Words linked to "Heavyweight" :   gladiator, prizefighter, boxer, influential person, wrestler, grappler, important person, pugilist, personage, matman, large person


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