Meanings
nounflyweight (plural flyweights)
plural flyweights
- engineeringA weight that moves outward depending on centrifugal force.
- governmentA weight class in many combat sports; e.g. in professional boxing of a maximum of 112 pounds or 50.8 kilograms.
- figurativelyadjectival useSmall, 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
Origin
Translations
Catalan pes mosca
- pes moscaweight division in combat sports
Chinese Mandarin 蠅量級 /蝇量级
- 蠅量級 /蝇量级 (yíngliàngjí)weight division in combat sports
Finnish keskipakopaino, kärpässarja
- keskipakopainomechanics: weight that moves outward with centrifugal force
- kärpässarjaweight division in combat sports
- kärpässarjalainencombat sports -related term for small, light or unimportant
French poids mouche
- poids moucheweight division in combat sports
German Fliegengewicht
- Fliegengewichtweight division in combat sports
Hungarian röpsúly, légsúly
- röpsúlymechanics: weight that moves outward with centrifugal force
- légsúlyweight division in combat sports
Polish waga musza
- waga muszaweight division in combat sports
Portuguese peso-mosca
- peso-moscaweight division in combat sports
Swedish flugvikt
- flugviktweight division in combat sports
Turkish sinek ağırlık
- sinek ağırlıkweight division in combat sports
Rhymes & wordplay
Rhymes with flyweight
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APA
flyweight. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 2, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/flyweight
MLA
“flyweight.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/flyweight. Accessed November 2, 2026.
Chicago
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “flyweight,” accessed November 2, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/flyweight.
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