middleweight
(noun) a professional boxer who weighs between 155 and 160 pounds
middleweight
(noun) a wrestler who weighs 172-192 pounds
middleweight
(noun) an amateur boxer who weighs no more than 165 pounds
Source: WordNet® 3.1
middleweight (countable and uncountable, plural middleweights)
(uncountable) A weight class in professional boxing between light middleweight or welterweight and super middleweight or cruiserweight; a similar division in wrestling and other sports
(countable) A boxer who fights in this division; a similar wrestler etc
(countable, business, by extension) An employee ranking anywhere between junior and senior.
Source: Wiktionary
27 November 2024
(adjective) causing or able to cause nausea; “a nauseating smell”; “nauseous offal”; “a sickening stench”
The word “coffee” entered the English language in 1582 via the Dutch “koffie,” borrowed from the Ottoman Turkish “kahve,” borrowed in turn from the Arabic “qahwah.” The Arabic word qahwah was traditionally held to refer to a type of wine.
