flyweight

English

Noun

flyweight (plural flyweights)

Wikipedia

1. (mechanics) a weight that moves outward depending on centrifugal force.
2. (sports) a weight division of professional boxing between junior flyweight and junior bantamweight; a boxer in this division
3. (sports) a similar division and contestant in wrestling
4. (figuratively) small, light or unimportant
   • 2010, Roger Ebert, Sex and the City 2:

     The characters of "Sex and the City 2" are flyweight bubbleheads living in a world which rarely requires three sentences in a row.

Derived terms

• flyweight pattern