Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

welter-weight

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 2.46 in modern English

Syllables: wel-ter-weight
IPA

22

Scrabble Score

12

Letters

3

Syllables

8

Unique Chars

Meaning

adj

between lightweight and middleweight

noun

a boxer weighing more than a lightweight boxer and less than a middleweight boxer; someone boxing in the welterweight class

noun

A weight of 28 pounds (or 40 pounds: a heavy welterweight), sometimes imposed in addition to weight for age, chiefly in steeplechases and hurdle races.

Etymology

Originally “heavyweight horseman” (1832), from welter (“heavyweight horseman”) + weight. Boxing sense 1896.

Inflected Forms

welterweight (alternative) welter-weights (plural)

Frequently Paired Words

lightweight middleweight heavyweight

Questions

What does welter-weight mean?: between lightweight and middleweight
Where does welter-weight come from?: Originally “heavyweight horseman” (1832), from welter (“heavyweight horseman”) + weight. Boxing sense 1896.

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