tight
IPA: tˈaɪt
verb
- (obsolete) To tighten.
adjective
- Firmly held together; compact; not loose or open.
- Unyielding or firm.
- Under high tension; taut.
- (colloquial) Scarce, hard to come by.
- (colloquial, figurative) Intimately friendly.
- (slang, figurative, usually derogatory) Miserly or frugal.
- (of a space, design or arrangement) Narrow, such that it is difficult for something or someone to pass through it.
- Fitting close, or too close, to the body.
- Of a turn, sharp, so that the timeframe for making it is narrow and following it is difficult.
- Lacking holes; difficult to penetrate; waterproof.
- Well-rehearsed and accurate in execution.
- (sports) Not conceding many goals.
- (slang) Intoxicated; drunk or acting like being drunk.
- (slang) Extraordinarily great or special.
- (slang, British (regional)) Mean; unfair; unkind.
- Limited or restricted. (of time)
- (obsolete) Not ragged; whole; neat; tidy.
- (obsolete) Handy; adroit; brisk.
- (poker) Of a player, who plays very few hands.
- (poker) Using a strategy which involves playing very few hands.
- (informal, of persons) Intimate, close, close-knit.
- (US, slang, motor racing) A car with understeer, primarily used to describe NASCAR stock cars.
- (New York) Angry or irritated.
- (slang, vulgar, of either a woman's anus or her vagina) still intact due to her still being a virgin.
adverb
- Firmly, so as not to come loose easily.
- Soundly.
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Examples of "tight" in Sentences
- The seal was closed tight.
- Morning presages tight week.
- I tried to wear a tight bodice dress.
- The new version seems agreeably tight.
- Hold tight all the man and all the girls.
- He was, in fact, laconic and tight lipped.
- He is the tight ends coach for the Seahawks.
- The balance is pretty good and the prose tight.
- He smiled at her, but his face was drawn, his expression tight.
- A tight junction is formed between the parasite and erythrocyte.
- The arrangements are concise, the musicianship tight and impassioned.
- Rita Moran was waiting for him, her expression tight with anger and frustration.
- That means it's had what we call a tight trading range in Wall Street parlance making Coca-Cola our stock of the week.
- As they get exposed over to the California coastline, we're going to see what we refer to as a tight pressure gradient.
- This will help your line remain tight, which is important for detecting takes and for quick, effective strikes with both lures and flies.
- He was in build what they call a tight little fellow; short, dark, with a warm colour, and that upright set of the head and chest, that flaunting way in movement recalling
- JOHNSON: One of the things that's important as you are going out networking and talking to people, really being able to have what I call a tight and skinny 30-second pitch.
- John's mind had to speculate vaguely whether or not Desmond knew the nature of the tight place -- _tight_ was such a very descriptive adjective -- out of which he had pulled Scaife.
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