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bantamweight
/ˈbæn.təmˌweɪt/
Definition
1
A weight class in professional boxing, mixed martial arts, and wrestling, typically for fighters between 115 and 135 pounds (52–61 kg), depending on the governing body.
2
A boxer, wrestler, or combatant competing in this weight division.
3
Informally, a person or thing that is small in size but feisty, aggressive, or disproportionately powerful.
Examples
The bantamweight champ dodged haymakers like a pigeon evading a street cat.
With his bantamweight build, he still cleared the room faster than a whoopee cushion at a funeral.
She joined the bantamweight division and turned opponents into human piñatas without breaking a sweat.
My uncle's a bantamweight debater—short king energy, but his arguments hit like uppercuts.