Heavyweight

6 definitions found

From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  heavyweight \heavyweight\ adj.
     heaviest in a category; as, a heavyweight boxer.
     [WordNet 1.5]

From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:



  heavyweight \heavyweight\ n.
     1. a wrestler who weighs more than 214 pounds.
        [WordNet 1.5]
  
     2. a boxer who weighs more than 195 pounds.
        [WordNet 1.5]
  
     3. a very large person.
  
     Syn: giant, hulk.
          [WordNet 1.5]
  
     4. a person of exceptional importance and reputation.
  
     Syn: colossus, behemoth, giant, titan.
          [WordNet 1.5]

From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:

  heavyweight
       adj : heaviest in a category or of a heavyweight category (more
             than 190 pounds for prizefighters); "a heavyweight
             boxer"
       n 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 [syn: {giant},
           {hulk}, {whale}]
       5: a person of exceptional importance and reputation [syn: {colossus},
           {behemoth}, {giant}, {titan}]

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

  105 Moby Thesaurus words for "heavyweight":
     Chinese boxer, Rasputin, Svengali, VIP, access, bad influence,
     bantamweight, big, big boy, big cheese, big wheel, big-league,
     big-name, big-time, big-timer, bigwig, bigwigged, black belt,
     blimp, boxer, brown belt, bruiser, catchweight, chief,
     consequential, considerable, court, double-barreled, earthshaking,
     eminence grise, fat, fat cat, fatty, featherweight, fighter,
     fisticuffer, five-percenter, flyweight, friend at court,
     good influence, grand, gray eminence, great, heavy, hefty,
     hidden hand, high-powered, hippo, important, influence,
     influence peddler, influencer, ingroup, karate expert, key,
     kingmaker, leaden, leader, light heavyweight, lightweight, lion,
     lobby, lobbyist, lords of creation, lump, major, man of influence,
     manipulator, massive, massy, material, middleweight, momentous,
     name, open sesame, overweight, palooka, ponderous, potbelly,
     powers that be, pressure group, prizefighter, pug, pugilist,
     roly-poly, savate expert, self-important, significant,
     sinister influence, sparrer, special interests,
     special-interest group, substantial, superior, swagbelly,
     the Establishment, tub, tub of lard, tun, very important person,
     weighty, welterweight, wheeler-dealer, wire-puller,
     world-shaking
  
  

From Jargon File (4.3.1, 29 Jun 2001) [jargon]:

  heavyweight adj. [common] High-overhead; {baroque}; code-intensive;
     featureful, but costly. Esp. used of communication protocols, language
     designs, and any sort of implementation in which maximum generality
     and/or ease of implementation has been pushed at the expense of mundane
     considerations such as speed, memory utilization, and startup time.
     {EMACS} is a heavyweight editor; {X} is an _extremely_ heavyweight
     window system. This term isn't pejorative, but one hacker's heavyweight
     is another's {elephantine} and a third's {monstrosity}. Oppose
     `lightweight'. Usage: now borders on techspeak, especially in the
     compound `heavyweight process'.
  
  

From The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (27 SEP 03) [foldoc]:

  heavyweight
       
          High-overhead; {baroque}; code-intensive; featureful, but
          costly.  Especially used of communication protocols, language
          designs, and any sort of implementation in which maximum
          generality and/or ease of implementation has been pushed at
          the expense of mundane considerations such as speed, memory
          use and startup time.  {Emacs} is a heavyweight editor; {X} is
          an *extremely* heavyweight window system.  This term isn't
          pejorative, but one hacker's heavyweight is another's
          {elephantine} and a third's monstrosity.
       
          Opposite: "lightweight".  Usage: now borders on technical
          especially in the compound "heavyweight process".
       
          (1994-12-22)