Associations to the word «Cruiserweight»

Wiktionary

CRUISERWEIGHT, noun. (boxing) (British) (obsolete) light heavyweight
CRUISERWEIGHT, noun. (boxing) A wrestler weighing less than 200lb; heavier than a light heavyweight and lighter than a heavyweight.
CRUISERWEIGHT, noun. (wrestling) A wrestler weighing less than 210lb; heavier than a light heavyweight and lighter than a heavyweight.

Dictionary definition

CRUISERWEIGHT, noun. A professional boxer who weighs between 169 and 175 pounds.

Wise words

Words are always getting conventionalized to some secondary meaning. It is one of the works of poetry to take the truants in custody and bring them back to their right senses.
William Butler Yeats