FeatherWeight

Views Updated: Dec 15, 2025

Key Facts

Abbreviation
FW
Pronunciation
/ˈfɛðərˌweɪt/
Category
Sports
Related Field
Boxing

Examples in Context

  1. He thinks he's a major composer, but he's just a featherweight.
  2. The other two members of the committee are just featherweight.
  3. If the US economy proved unable to withstand even this featherweight touch, market optimists would lose their verve.
  4. At times, he turned his eyes sharply upon them to observe the effect of the slightest featherweight in his favour;
  5. Four years earlier, the Calabria native won gold in the Featherweight category at the 1988 Olympic Games in Seoul.

Other meanings of FW