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De - Pt| English Dictionary: light-weight | by the DICT Development Group |
| 4 results for light-weight | |
| From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: | |
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Lightweight \Light"weight`\, n. One of less than average weight; specif.: (a) In boxing, wrestling, etc., one weighingnot more than 133 pounds (U. S. amateur rules 135 pounds, Eng. 140 pounds). (b) A person of small impotance or mental ability. [Colloq., Chiefly U. S.] | |
| From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: | |
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Lightweight \Light"weight`\, a. Light in weight, as a coin; specif., applied to a man or animal who is a lightweight. | |
| From Jargon File (4.2.0, 31 JAN 2000) [jargon]: | |
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lightweight adj. Opposite of {heavyweight}; usually found in combining forms such as `lightweight process'. | |
| From The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (15Feb98) [foldoc]: | |
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light-weight combining forms such as "{light-weight process}". [{Jargon File}] (1996-02-22) | |
