superheavyweight
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See also: super heavyweight
English
[edit]Etymology
[edit]From super- + heavyweight.
Adjective
[edit]superheavyweight (not comparable)
- (boxing) Of or pertaining to the weight class for boxers exceeding 91 kilograms in body weight.
Alternative forms
[edit]See also
[edit]- Super heavyweight on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
Noun
[edit]superheavyweight (plural superheavyweights)
- A boxer of the superheavyweight class
- Someone or something that is extremely heavy or hefty
- 2008 February 13, Richard Sandomir, “Beagle, a Breed Long Unsung, Wins Best in Show”, in New York Times[1]:
- All around him was a human traffic jam, but this superheavyweight, so massive (get a load of that head!) and so easy to adore, was surrounded by a bunch of smitten fans reaching out to pet him, to touch his enormous paws and to receive his sloppy licks.