Featherweight

2 definitions found

From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:

  featherweight
       adj : of a weight class of 123-126 pounds for prizefighters; "the
             featherweight class"
       n 1: an amateur boxer who weighs no more than 126 pounds
       2: weighs 126-139 pounds
       3: a professional boxer who weighs between 123 and 126 pounds



From Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0 [moby-thes]:

  63 Moby Thesaurus words for "featherweight":
     Chinese boxer, bantam, bantamweight, banty, black belt, boxer,
     brown belt, bruiser, button, catchweight, chit, cluck, diminutive,
     dimwit, dumb, fighter, fingerling, fisticuffer, flyweight,
     forceless, heavyweight, imponderous, impotent, ineffective,
     ineffectual, inefficacious, karate expert, light heavyweight,
     lightweight, middleweight, mini, minikin, minnow, minny, mouse,
     no-account, nubbin, of no account, palooka, peewee, pony,
     powerless, prizefighter, pug, pugilist, runt, savate expert,
     shrimp, slip, small fry, snip, snippet, sparrer, tit,
     unauthoritative, underweight, unheavy, wart, weak, weightless,
     welterweight, wisp, without any weight