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cruiserweight

noun

Etymology

From cruiser + weight.

  1. inherited from *weǵʰ-✻
  2. inherited from *wihtiz✻
  3. inherited from wiht
  4. inherited from weight
  5. compounded as cruiserweight — “cruiser + weight”

Definitions

  1. Any of several weight classes in boxing or wrestling.

    • Near-synonym: super middleweight (sometimes synonymous)

The neighborhood

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