lightweight Meaning, Definition & Usage

1. noun a professional boxer who weighs between 131 and 135 pounds
   
2. noun someone who is unimportant but cheeky and presumptuous
   whippersnapper; jackanapes.
   
3. noun an amateur boxer who weighs no more than 132 pounds
   
4. noun a wrestler who weighs 139-154 pounds
   
5. adjective satellite weighing relatively little compared with another item or object of similar use
   
   • a lightweight fabric
   • lightweight wood
6. adjective satellite having no importance or influence
   
   • a lightweight intellect

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