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What is the noun for heavyweight?

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heave
  1. An effort to raise something, such as a weight or one's own body, or to move something heavy.
  2. An upward motion; a rising; a swell or distention, as of the breast in difficult breathing, of the waves, of the earth in an earthquake, etc.
  3. A horizontal dislocation in a metallic lode, taking place at an intersection with another lode.
  4. (nautical) The measure of extent to which a nautical vessel goes up and down in a short period of time. Compare with pitch.
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    1. “They each seized on him, and by a sudden heave, they lifted him bodily up and flung him right over the side.”
      “The creature seemed stuck, but with a heave forwards like a battering ram, it burst through, roaring with indignation.”
heavyweight
  1. A very large, heavy, or impressive person.
  2. (uncountable) The professional boxing weight class for boxers weighing more than 190 pounds; a boxer in that division.
  3. (uncountable) A similar division and contestant in other sports.
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    1. “Rita, already a heavyweight in the industry, spent the prelude to the ceremony strongly encouraging me to stay on in journalism.”
heavy
  1. A villain or bad guy; the one responsible for evil or aggressive acts.
  2. (slang) A doorman, bouncer or bodyguard.
  3. (Should we move(+) this sense?) (aviation) A large multi-engined aircraft.
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    1. “The actor had found a niche by typically playing the heavy in each of his roles.”
      “The heavy would eject the drunken patron from the establishment.”
      “Quincy was a heavy of the music industry for many years during the 80s.”
heaviness
  1. The state of being heavy; weight, weightiness, force of impact or gravity.
  2. (obsolete) Oppression; dejectedness, sadness.
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    1. “He had felt the colossal heaviness of the great sword when he raised it.”
      “He blocked out the heaviness in his tired limbs and continued to push them to their limit.”
      “She turned her head, staring at him, seeing the heaviness in his expression, a heaviness reflected in her heart.”
heaver
  1. One who, or that which, heaves or lifts; a laborer employed on docks in handling freight.
  2. A bar used as a lever.
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    1. “He said loudly that he looked on the heaver as the best three-year-old in England.”
      “But I say, stranger, what are you going to do with that heaver meadow below on the creek?”
      “The function of the pedals is as unknown to them as geology is to the coal heaver.”
heaving
heaves
heavyweights
  1. plural of heavyweight
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    1. “Long-time musical associate and labelmate to Bill Frisell, Viktor Krauss strikes out on his own and brings some heavyweights with him.”
      “Two heavyweights will go the distance, while lightweights will knock each other down after only a few punches.”
      “He was a legitimate welterweight who knocked out light heavyweights during his career.”
heavinesses
heavings
heavers
heavys
heavies
  1. plural of heavy
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    1. “In a bar, they get into a brawl with a group of Air Force heavies and handily defeat them.”
      “If the Indonesian judiciary really can be influenced by political heavies, this is one occasion when I hope such influence is exerted.”
      “It just went to show that intellectual heavies could be beautiful in spite of all those smarts.”
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