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flyweights

flyweights is the plural of flyweight.

Meaning of flyweight

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

Questions about flyweights

What is flyweights the plural of?
Flyweights is the plural of flyweight.

Words near flyweights in the dictionary

  1. flyway
  2. flyways
  3. flyweight
  4. flyweight pattern
  5. flyweight patterns
  6. flyweights
  7. flywheel
  8. flywheels
  9. flywhisk
  10. flywhisks
  11. flywire

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