flyweight
nounEtymology From fly + weight.
1
Engineering, Mechanical engineering, Mechanics, Natural sciences, Physical sciences A weight that moves outward depending on centrifugal force.
2
Government, Hobbies, Lifestyle, Martial arts, Military, Politics, Sports, War A weight class in many combat sports; e.g. in professional boxing of a maximum of 112 pounds or 50.8 kilograms.
3
Figuratively 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:
- Derived terms
- flyweight pattern