Associations to the word «Flyweight»

Wiktionary

FLYWEIGHT, noun. (mechanics) a weight that moves outward depending on centrifugal force.
FLYWEIGHT, noun. (sports) a weight division of professional boxing between junior flyweight and junior bantamweight; a boxer in this division
FLYWEIGHT, noun. (sports) a similar division and contestant in wrestling
FLYWEIGHT, noun. (figuratively) small, light or unimportant
FLYWEIGHT PATTERN, noun. (computing) (object-oriented computing) A structural design pattern in which an object contains no pointers to data type methods.
FLYWEIGHT PATTERNS, noun. Plural of flyweight pattern

Dictionary definition

FLYWEIGHT, noun. Weighs no more than 115 pounds.
FLYWEIGHT, noun. An amateur boxer who weighs no more than 112 pounds.

Wise words

In words, as fashions, the same rule will hold; Alike fantastic, if too new, or old: Be not the first by whom the new are tried, Nor yet the last to lay the old aside.
Alexander Pope