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flyweight

flyweight noun: a weight that moves outward depending on centrifugal force.

Noun

flyweight (plural flyweights)

  1. A weight that moves outward depending on centrifugal force.
  2. A weight class in many combat sports; e.g. in professional boxing of a maximum of 112 pounds or 50.8 kilograms.
  3. (figuratively, adjectival use) Small, light or unimportant.
    • The characters of "Sex and the City 2" are flyweight bubbleheads living in a world which rarely requires three sentences in a row.2010, Roger Ebert, Sex and the City 2

flyweight meaning in Kannada

flyweight in Kannada

ತಿರುಗುತೂಕ

Forms of flyweight

pluralflyweights

Origin of flyweight

From fly + weight.

Words formed from flyweight

Phrases with flyweight

Questions about flyweight

What does flyweight mean?
Flyweight means a weight that moves outward depending on centrifugal force.
What is flyweight in Kannada?
Flyweight in Kannada is ತಿರುಗುತೂಕ. See Flyweight meaning in Kannada.
What part of speech is flyweight?
Flyweight is a noun.
What is the plural of flyweight?
The plural of flyweight is flyweights.

Words near flyweight in the dictionary

  1. flytraps
  2. flyunder
  3. flyunders
  4. flyway
  5. flyways
  6. flyweight
  7. flyweight pattern
  8. flyweight patterns
  9. flyweights
  10. flywheel
  11. flywheels

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Adapted from Wiktionary: flyweight (page history and authors); flyweight (Kannada Wiktionary) (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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